Merry Go Round

He came to me one night in a dream

With magical words I could never imagine

Standing patiently through sunlight and rain

Feeding them to me like some lyrical message

He gently ushers each season along

One by one, eulogizing their successes

Lovingly sings each one their own song

His debutants passing by in lace dresses

He met summer on a lush, grassy hill

As September brought her dance to an end

Smiled as raspberry stained colors danced on the sill

Knowing he’d taste summers sweet kiss again

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As the sun sank, autumn’s stars filled the sky

A harvest moon took her place center stage

The locusts sang lullabies under pumpkins on vines

Another season turned like that of a page

Fall flew by, like the birds heading south

Earth preparing for phases to come

One by one leaves returned to the ground

Dissolving into the soil they came from

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Winter came with the first fall of snow

Carefully crafting each flake into art

Falling down onto the dreamers below

Stirring warmth in the coolest of hearts

Blanketing fields and the scars of a life

Gathering family and friends once apart

Welcoming the newness of time

Reigniting new life with her spark

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Like a bride to a tune, enters spring

Signs of life are exposed from the earth

Trees and the flowers telling tales while blooming

Gaining strength as they push through the dirt

Like a child, he holds each in his arms

Each created for a purpose and time

Revealing their own special charms

Returning each year, a slightly different design