Last Dance

The evening fire was lit

Elders sat around it as it blazed into the night

I could see it light fear into the eyes of my peers

That moment had come, we were to accept the outcomes

At the first tap of his sticks on the drum

The electric feeling that flowed in my veins with my blood was an activation

Made me really know it was time

As the drum beat 

My feet while tapping dug deep into the sand until they were buried out of sightings

My heartbeat systematically went with the drums beat

I could not contain the feeling and so I made my first move

Scooping in the air the sand that my feet had dug into

The whole of my body was in motion

There was no part of my body that didn't feel the beat

It was easy to tell

My shadow wasn't going to be Left behind either

Mimicking every step, every move correctly without missing any

I danced

Jumped

My feet were covered in dust

I Swayed hands

I Shook hips

I Shook the head

Sweat all over dripping from my forehead down my chin, wetting the back of my shirt 

Forgetting that on that day I was having my last dance

I was to be executed at the sound of the drum beat

I was dancing to the beat of the drum my friends, my peers were hung

I danced Until it was my turn!