The Circle Game

Yesterday a child came out to wander,
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar,
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder,
And tearful at the falling of a star.

Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons,
Skated over ten years frozen streams,
Words like "When you're older" must appease him
And promises of "Someday" make his dreams.

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And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round,
And the painted ponies go up and down,
We're captive on the carousel of time.
We can't return, we can omly look
Behind from where we came
And go 'round and 'round and 'round
In the circle game.

Sixteen Springs and sixteen Summers gone now,
Cartwheels lost to car wheels thru the town,
And you tell him "Take your time, it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow those circles down."

So the boy who dreamed tomorrow now is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true,
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through.

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