Wednesday, July 9, 2008

A carousel of dreams
spins in time with rhythmic tones

horses
and children

ever circling

trapped in a movement

a mechanical response

never hearing the music

or stopping


a continuous droll

calling to it's neighbors

asking if they feel the pulse

a staged presence

inwardly rotted

outwardly painted

the horse

pegged

to

the

floor

2 comments:

Unknown said...

oh my gosh...wow.
love that ending. dunno what it means, but I know I like it.

Leslie said...

Thank you...it's hard to share my poetry with people because it isn't always easy to understand. Honestly, I don't always completely understand it either. I just know that it feels good to write it out.