59. Life Is A Carnival

At times, when emotions drown
To the abyss of surrealism
An anchor weighs me down
To the ghostly ocean floor

An immortal murmurs into my soul
Life is but a carnival
Not a thing to be afraid of, the whole
World is just a playground

Hues of pinks and blues
Cotton candy sweetens my heart
It's funny how it stains my shoes
And tortures my stomach a while

Not all sweet things are good
Everything comes with side effects
I laugh much more often than I should
Too often is too healthy?

Like a carnival, life makes no sense
Maidens scowl at passing-by clowns
Those princesses' heads are much too dense
To realize the humour in the world

When struck by blueberry pie
In the head, by a mischevious jester
All one can do is savour the cream, or cry
I would rather not do the latter

A merry-go-round swirls
While children's snickers are heard
Balloons entertain little girls
'Til their mothers lead them back home

I stand in front of distorting mirrors
I am a model in one, plump in the other
I do wish my face were a little bit clearer
Sometimes I feel pretty, at times so repulsive

Life is a carnival, the lions aren't real
Nothing can hurt you, it's all a show
Not even the magicians understand how I feel
Oh well, that's the way a carnival goes

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We Pretend

We pretend that we'll live forever That tomorrow will bring something better We pretend we're not made of stars As we roam the streets and bars We pretend we'll never die That our kids won't ever cry Over the loss that is our end Every student, teacher, friend Everyone we've ever known Has a constellation they call home When the moon comes out at night I look to them to see the light To all those who did pretend That their story would never end But on some nights, breezy and clear I see the stars and they feel near I can grasp one and hold it in my hand As it takes me to another land We pretend this earth is all there is to see Yet the stars and crickets have spoken to me We pretend we'll never die Because we truly won't To someone's eye

Lost in Rio

Jesus looks over The lost souls and bones below In the jungle sun To witness such beauty And such devastation God painted with one brushstroke Merry men sing Holes in their shoes The dark night lit up By police sirens And the crescent moon Bats flail around Like me, lost in the jungle Eyes glaring all around I hope they're monkeys Or jaguars I hope I can keep a piece of This country with me Safe in my pocket It smells like tropical rain And feels like The clam shells Washed up on the shore It tastes like fried bananas And heavily salted steak Sounds like seabirds cawing Samba on the streets And looks like a page From a storybook About parrots and palm trees Of finding a golden treasure A magnificent, uneasy place When she sun goes down So do we Leaving the night To the creepy crawlers And innocent stray cats

Miles Away

I refuse to sell my heart, not for twenty-five cents The auction is closed, ladies and gents I’ve already sold my eyes, when they caught sight of the streets So now everyone can see the beauty of my Italian retreat I sold my tongue for gelato, feeling so young Letting the wild berries dance around on my tongue I sold my feet when I traveled to see our Holy Mother in gold Like a saint on a mission, I’ll walk until I get old I sold my ears when I heard beautiful Aida open her lips Echoing through the theatre in which the ancients used to sit But I won’t sell my heart, it is still free For my heart belongs to God and not really to me My heart aches for home, too many miles away Yet for now I am here and I will live for today Yes, I sold my eyes to Italy; it’s all I can see How I wish you were here seeing these treasures with me I’ll try to buy back my sight, taste, and ears too So that I’ll be able to share these memories with you

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