Author: poetryfest

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

I gave you all of me and threw caution to the wind
I wanted you to know that my love had no end

You always whispered words of love in my ear
Was it something that you felt
or was it what you wanted me to hear

You made me feel that it was me and you against the world
I let go of fear cause you made me think there was no one else near
Now I know that wasn’t true cause
I’m holding my heart in my hand because of you

When you open your eyes and see that I am gone
Your heavy heart will let you know that you had the one
I’m picking up the pieces of a shattered heart
Moving swiftly towards a new start

I can’t escape you.
The less I see you.
The more I think of you.
I grow obsessed with you.

We spoke so little.
Connected without words.
Invisible to the eyes.
Only felt by our souls.

What spell have you cast on me.
When I thought I was in control.
I found myself melting inside.
The thought of you overpowering.

Strangely I miss you.
When only days ago you didn’t exist.
Now all I think of is you.
As our souls intermingle in space.

I may wait for spring this year

as I’ve waited in the past;

it always arrives at last in time

for the buds to no longer

shelter from the downy snows,

rather greet the sun

the way I always do when

winter’s been cold and long:

I still love you in the madness

of spring, still love the way

your voice sings just when

our afternoon meets the sheets.

but I may wait for spring,

for you I give my March,

and the beginnings of

the butterfly wings.

Just to see your face light up with joy
Makes me feel happy to know it is me
That has put such joy back into your life
Your sincere words and loving thoughts
Bring joy and happiness into my life
No one has ever said words like yours
That makes me smile and happy inside
To hear your loving voice when we talk
Makes me know you feel the same as I
The miles between us cannot keep us apart
And soon we will be together once more
To be happy walking along hand in hand