Read Poem: THE CARNIVAL, by James Lee Stanley

The carnival has left this town
There’s only barren fields
No carousel no cotton candy
No more ferris wheel
The carnival has left this town
Don’t think it will return
They say you can’t go home again
Will we ever learn?

The midway’s lost in shadows
That darken as we wait
The winds of silence whisper
thru a rusted busted gate
A paper cup blows thru the grass
The sun’s nowhere in site
The wind picks up. Trees lose their leaves
The string snaps on my kite
And slowly drifts into the night

The carnival has left this town
There’s only empty space
The lions and the tigers?
All gone without a trace
The carnival has left this town
I know it may sound strange
But we thought things would stay the same
Now everything has changed

Our whole lives were a carnival
We rode free on a pass
We thought the ride would never end
But nothing’s built to last
The summers now are way to hot
The winters long and cold
Do you think spring will come again?
At least that’s what we’re told
Do you believe what we are told?

The carnival has left this town
There’s only barren fields
No carousel no cotton candy
No more ferris wheel
The carnival has left this town
Don’t think it will return
What’s gone for good is gone forever
Will we ever learn

James Lee Stanley

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