The Ferris Wheel

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I travelled with my brother to the lands afar

To the Fair Grounds with the Lights below the stars

Of all the merrier things that the fair had to offer

But my mind wandered towards the Ferris Wheel


It was high and might glimmering in light

As the individual seats with cages rotated on spokes

I crawled through the crowd and stood in the line

Waiting for my chance at the Ferris Wheel


People got in the cages as people got out

Waiting to reach the top midst the clouds

The spokes held the cages together with hope

As the cages went up and down one by one


I stood mesmerized by the beauty of the wheel

The people that went up always came down

A journey that started near the pits in somber

And slowly climb their way into the clouds


That’s what life is I thought to myself

The ups and downs with hope within

A weapon as mighty as reality and life

The Ferris Wheel touched the ground and the sky

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