Haste

[Tiger the Lion]

Haste

The shuffling flip flop
of laden soles on cave rocks
echoing louder

Hey Semi, excellent use of "laden" in this instance. But it makes me feel a disparity between lines 1 and 2. Line 1 feels too light for the weight of line 2.

I feel like

The heavy footfalls
or 
The frantic clapping

might make for a better intro. "shuffling flip flop" takes me to a day at the beach. And I doubt that's what you were going for. Again, I think "laden soles" is a great phrase worth building around as it sets the mood.