The Old Man.

For every usual moroseness that sweeps across the sky,
Shamelessly,we tear away because we lose our will to hold on to our pieces;

But have you heard that old man say,
that the world will spin round and round?
That was not the last of it, you see,
the tale needed another spin.

You must listen as he said it to the ether,that
The world will spin round and round, in twisty, giddy circles!
So don't look away and not notice the madness,
Don't avoid,adapt or annul the vertigo,
and never ever ignore it.
Because this mad world won't cease to spin around and on.
It has to, because it's the biggest rollercoaster there is,

and you missed its twists and links and maddening spins,
just because you preferred the square in its midst.

Understand, flower, the world doesn't stop spinning round and round just 'coz you're square!


(For teaching me to learn, Thatha. You are the wisest and now are truly ethereal.)