Confusion, desperation <br />What could this be <br />Is everyone lying to me? <br />Turn one way, then another <br />The horses on the merry-go-round <br />Seem to be snickering <br />They know more than they tell <br />Their painted faces mocking <br /> <br />Cotton-candy, toffee apples <br />Treats, or bribes? <br />The cacophony of organ music <br />Adding to the bewilderment <br />Jugglers, men on stilts <br />But I can't see their eyes, <br />they won't let me <br /> <br />Is life just a fairground ride? <br />Do I need to shoot arrows <br />To find the prize, or do I need <br />To put a penny in the slot <br />Of The Fortune Teller <br />Who will laugh before she tells me <br /> <br />Spinning, spinning, sighing <br />Drunk on the parody <br />Of Pantomime, deception, words and love <br />Wondering who I can trust <br />To show me the way out <br />Of this Circus, the way home <br /> <br />I am in that bubble, you know <br />Dancing at the masquerade ball <br />Looking for something, someone <br />I can't see, but is it really them I need? <br />I need strength to burst <br />Right out of that shiny prison <br /> <br />So, the clock hits midnight <br />It all ends and the music stops <br />The bubble pops and I am clearer <br />Or am I, not sure <br />But friends and love reach out <br />Take my hand, protect my heart <br />Help me, to be just me.<br /><br />Michelle Tiddy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/masquerade-14/
