Caught in the Carnival

Caught in the carnival

A Dervish unable to whirl

Time driving to a standstill

 

The music is gone

Melody long since moved on

We've remained moments too long

 

Still I close my eyes

Shutting out all of the lies

As the world accepts what it decries

 

Yes we're all caught in the carnival

Just players we are

On a stage for others' delight

 

'twas once that I thought

Perhaps if I'd wish

I'd be able to run from this fright

 

Once more caught in the carnival

The mind's engine has stalled

Unable to topple the wall

 

The music we heard

Now barely whispers a word

'tis into the silence we're lured

 

With closed eyes I'm not blind

And with amazement I find

A peace in what's left behind

 

Yes we're all caught in the carnival

Or so I had thought

Perhaps it's not we who are here

 

But rather we've wandered

Leaving only behind

Shadows remaining so near

 

Again caught in the carnival

You've captured us all

Waiting for our night to fall

 

The music's returned

In our minds etched and burned

Like lovers we've all once spurned

 

Closed eyes open again

Light returns like a friend

Providing escape from the end

 

Yes we're all caught in the carnival

Though not as it seems

For we're always able to leave

 

Perhaps our release

Was ever at hand

Dependent on what we believe

 

 

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