Carousel Poem by David Lacey

Unwrap the skin your living in
Examine the muscles and ligaments that turn in clockwork motions Within you
See the chaos breeding there
Inside the dream of playing chess
Just one more game
Just one more win
The king that i am finding
All crown within the dream of self

This skull is breathing Death
And i am smoking in his spine
All the world to now become
Celestial mansions in our wake
As shadows hold our step
Find me the love to forget

Find me the life to lead I'm breathing
Sick of deceiving myself and more the smiles that now surround me
All dark the night but bright the day is dawning
Let us sit until morning
And drink the dew alike nectar there
All dreams in carousels of musing
And tempests holding our tongues

Here we are forever young and dying
Living winter then the next
To spring and life all bringing love again and green
This vegetation flesh
This carousel of dreams.