TAKE US

With rhythm and a certain patterning

Of sound, take us

where we have never been

where we may not want to go.

Mold it in similes

if you have the courage,

or disguise it with a metaphor.

Teased by the similes,

as in a maze of mirrors,

we will wander where you lead.

Deluded by the metaphor

we will follow.

Entranced by the rhythm,

mesmerized by sound,

we will at last reach

the mountaintop,

or pit of hell–

and know for that instant

what we would not have understood

had we not journeyed with you here.