Life's Roundabout

THEME THURSDAY

http://themethursday.blogspot.com/2011/07/thursday-july-7-2011-round.html

gives us the illustration

LIFE'S ROUNDABOUT

'Jump on the roundabout!' says Life at the moment of our birth!

'Here is your little gee-gee! Spin around the earth!'

So on we leap with a light heart, quite certain the ride will be

Smooth, yet very exciting, and full of variety.

But quite soon we discover that our gee-gee's a wayward horse;

Round and round we go indeed, but not on a smooth-running course.

Sometime the horse is an old nag, and she slows to a sluggish pace,

When there are boring things to do and heavy tasks to face.

Sometimes our horse is skittish, liking to jump and buck,

That's when life gets too frenzied and we're likely to run amok.

There are times when the gee-gee's placid, and she gives us a gentle ride

So that we're able to view, at ease, life's passing countryside.

The roundabout horses in fair-grounds are static, unchanging toys;

They know nothing of our erratic lives, our sorrows and our joys.

But, like it or not, we are destined to ride until our turn is done,

Let's hope, at the end, we smile and say 'That ride was lots of fun!'

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BLUE SKY ECSTASY!

In my heart I already know that this is not great art.

I realise the 'chocolate box' has played a vital part.

Yet something about the pose, the movement and the light

Re-ignites old memories of teenager delight.

I recall being this young, this hopeful and this new.

I recall clouds white as this, and skies such a brilliant blue.

I recall the sun on my face, not burning but caressing;

I recall the whole world poised to bless me with its blessing.

I recall a time long gone when perfection was my goal;

When the world was an enormous stage and I had a special role.

So, if the artist painted a dream that resonates with me

He has fashioned magic, 'pretty' though it may be.

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