Merry-Go-Round

Poem by M.J.

Life is like a Merry-Go-Round

Always turning, never stopping.

The sweet, the bitter, the sad, the happy,

Never ceases to come round and round.

I feel so trapped on this Merry-Go-Round.

Different people get on and off

Sitting with me for a round or more,

No matter the time they spend with me,

Their words, their touch, their smile and love

Keeps me going till the sweet comes around.

So when the bitter and the sad comes around and round

I remind myself, life’s a merry-go-round!

It will not be long that they are gone!

So I hang on dearly while having fun

Knowing that soon, the sweet will come!

My life is like a Merry-Go-Round

Always turning, never stopping.

I choose to love, I choose to laugh

I choose to forgive, I choose to let loose

The people and things that make me sad.

With hope I breathe, with gratitude I think,

It makes me stronger; it makes me calm.

The pain subsides, the storm calms down

Soon the bitter and the sad, shows up less and less and less

And that is when I know I’m well.