hello, this is a tabli

you show off, trying to turn me inwards
but see
the game changed suddenly
you looked at the music, all of it, filling my room
forcing your way inside my head.

here's teen taal, think of one beat today, the next tomorrow, the infinite moments in between
each beat, flat, and yet

dha - dhadakkadhin
dha dhin dhina dha

you say it's poetry, my fingers can't move this way, my bones don't keep time
this is alien to my flesh and yet I feel
we're all parts
perhaps bits of a longer day