Pounding of drums
gyrating of hips
swirling of bodies
whirling of long thick hair
hands moving eloquently
as if hands could speak
eyes occasionally looking up
somewhere between
the pounding of drums
the gyrating of hips
the eyes looking up
the mesmerizing effect
the trancelike feeling
I realize the hula
is more than a dance
a spiritual practice
a form of worship
to whichever deity
or deities out of the
hundreds of gods
and goddesses
in the Hawaiian
spiritual tradition
the dynamite dance is
zealously praying to.
Bob Boyd
Author: BobBoyd
Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-)
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