"Carousel Ride"

By Trigger

Horses run in this roundabout realm
And mingle with fantasies
Dreams live in harmony with music and play
Forgetting bad memories

The sun hangs above and shines a bright gold
Splashing the children with light
Yet, here I sit, drinking their laughter,
Annoyed by this picturesque sight

Everywhere smiles while nowhere beguiles me
To going where colours are sound
The colours, dramatic, the air filled with static
While the carousel spins round and round

My memories tainted, remembered, and hated,
alone and submerged in the dark
While the shadows laughed and danced round and round
In my memories, they left their mark

And here I'll leave mine, with the children that ride
Round and round like the shadows that live
I'll see the air fill with screams, and I'll shatter their dreams
I'm coming apart at the seams, yet I live

My head is spinning like the carousel, spilling their blood
Onto fires inside
Nothing's extinguished, the red is so loud,
It screams like those left on the ride

The carousel stopped, but my head is still spinning round and round
And it's faster than ever
I've finally caught up with the shadows, still laughing,
Do I drink, and I drown, my dreams, severed

Horses are bound in this roundabout realm,
Escape is a fantasy
My history repeated, I'm spinning around,
Just another bad memory

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© 2007 -Saeth-
Published on Wednesday, May 16, 2007.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Sparrow On Monday, February 25, 2008, Sparrow (89)By person wrote:

    Cool

  • Distorted_Reality On Monday, December 17, 2007, Distorted_Reality (101)By person wrote:

    I agree with sIo the rhyming scheme needs worked on then it would be really good, for now it's passable :)

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  • Dancing_Monkey On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    Yeah sIo did kinda say what I tried to. the content is .. known to us. Then again you could redo the scene for us and make us think a second time

  • sIo On Thursday, May 17, 2007, sIo (926)By person wrote:

    this is not bad. my honest opinion is that the rhyme scheme could be perfected and it would be much better but the content is quite original around here.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    I realy liked the fact that this made me sing out the words. it's tasty and true. Not my favorit kind of poetry. Cous I read alot of it and are allways in search of something extra if you know what I meen. But this was real nice.. *thumbs up*

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