The Carnival

we Waited- the summer for the carnival to arrive- all the rides and all the side shows the screams far and wide and the carnival treats running to get on the roller coaster was that me there yelling that's when my world was wonderful the ferris wheel oh gosh we are high far and wide my friend leans over and I close my eyes from ride to ride we rush the music is blaring and we tilt and whirl the smell of candy-apples in the air balloon man whistling for us and the music is blaring come take a chance carny men yell- I went- to the carnival not long ago- it seemed unchanged same rides and same sounds far and wide nothing had changed at the carnival but I had I had grown up so no screaming no yelling any more the excitement was gone or was it from ride to ride I wandered and kids ran past me skipping shouting and the balloon man still whistled and the carny man still called out but I was quiet a watcher now and lovers passed by arm in arm holding huge teddy bears ____________________ October 19, 2017 Poetry/Free Verse/The Carnival Copyright Protected, ID 17-9509-15-0 All Rights Reserved. Submitted to the contest, Any poem won in a contest in November, sponsor, Laura Loo First Place, Judged December 4, 2017 ___________________ Written for the contest, The Sound of the Past Sponsor, Eve Roper First Place, Judged November 4, 2017