Carousel Poem by Maya Hanson

Slip out the back,
leave a tiny string of hearts
across the doorway

and step onto the carousel

I’m just a lasting imprint
in your sea of rocky sand
I’ll be here forever
but only as one horse
on the carousel

Leave a halo
around her head,
squinting her eyes,
forcing the weight of the sky
down upon me

Leave a ghost
through the wall
where your music used to be,
step onto the carousel

But the simple act of
closing the door
is only yours…
I told her I was leaving
and she kissed me again