The Internal Carnival
Written by: James Krolik

The mind
is a carnival.
Constantly turning
like a merry-go-round in motion.

Your life
is a concession stand.
Dealing both sweet and bitter.
With explosions and flare-ups,
like a kernel of corn, popping.

The heart
is a maze of mirrors.
Reflecting and misleading
when it seems a solution is near.

The mind
is a ferris wheel.
Round and turning forever more
as people enter and depart from your life.
Although insignificant, they still matter.

The mind is a carnival,
forever testing itself as well as the person that contains it.
The mind IS a carnival.