Round and round ,The carousel turns
Faster and faster with moxie we learn
Life shows us ups and downs
Cherished love Sweet laughter sounds

Younger hunger, more invincible you are
Chances to prove your a bright shining star
Rushing through life not a moment to spare
Soaring high in the crisp clean air

Around and around the carousel turns
Resilience in the face of adversity we ride
The oceans we cross, Turbulent tides
The chances we take Mountains we climb
Lessons, sublime In the passage of time

Around and around,The carousel turns
problems in life, that each day would bring
Changes pass by to catch the brass ring.

Around and around, the carousel turn
Disparity and pain my ride will slow down
God’s gentle hand will push me around,

He picked me up, carried me, when I fell
He stands beside me on my carousel,

Before there was light
before there was sound
Gravity wandered
the universe round

Plotting the orbits
of things still to come
Spacing the essence
of all zero-sum

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)

I have reached an age
without another page
pay an obscene wage
shouting more rage
on my silent stage
death's final gauge.

I found parts of me
inside my poetry
I could never see
in strange reality.