Endless

*To fully appreciate this poem, read it to the tune of the song that kids sing when they are playing jump rope or something like that. I hope you know what I mean...

Round and round and round it goes,
How it will end well no one knows,
Bigger higher deeper it grows,
Stronger and faster down to the toes.

Been holding on to what they told me,
Keep believing and surely you’ll see,
Nothing to worry it will be easy.
Hold your ground and don’t act silly.

So wait and wait and wait I did,
Head down brave face gritted teeth,
Smiling laughing full of wit,
But in the night is when it hits.

Deep in the night it hits me in waves,
The tide that swept me to the edge of the grave,
And deep in the night I’m nothing but a slave,
Of my own memories that I once craved.

But humbly still I wait and wait,
And humbly still I’m keeping the faith,
One day all will be fully paid,
Like they told me like they said.

Round and round and round it goes,
When it will end well I don’t know…