"Tapping and slapping": A poem

"Tapping and slapping"

Tapping and slapping and

clacking and cracking--

You will find lightning in me.

A mountain of gold

or an ocean of dust,

You will find power in me.

A fist or a cross,

there's a beat in my spine.

You will find fury in me.

I've paid my dues,

I've bled my blood.

You've taken enough of me.

Jean Thomas, 2015