Merrily We Roll Poem by Gagnon Willowbee

Timeless fixtures and dangling looms
Tell of Ancient women whispering ancient tunes
The Urns, the Ferns, the Ancient concerns
Dismal, Dark and Ancient

Peace then War, then Peace once more
The Poets ponder while the pennies pour
Ignorance and prejudice fueled with pillaring pride
Open the door and step Outside

Beyond, Beyond, Far and Far
Forever - Whenever on a flickering Star
Ignorance in Bronze and stainless steel
Glazed in honey on this Merry Wheel

Broken Boundaries strained in a sieve
Borders of soldiers willing to give
Survive! Survive! Just stay Alive!
No Drink? No Smoke? I’ll tell a Joke!

A Riddle! A Riddle!
What is It, That was, That is?
That will be forever, That never was?
The answer is simple so do not fiddle!

The brown bodies that lay beached and bare
With flexing muscles and wavy hair
The Golden Dolls of an Ancient God
Question the Sun, the Moon and their eternal Sod

To flying embers, yellow and musk
That glimmer and dwindle then fade to dusk.
Today – Today or Tomorrow – Tomorrow
Smiling and smiling and smiling – Merrily we roll.