The World Will Turn Around Me

a short poem

The clouds have formed above me...

The grass has grown beneath me...

The world has turned around me...

And will always turn again.

If I am in tears or joy,

Or if i am in love or hate,

The world will turn around me.

And I, with it, will turn.

So everything that comes to me

Will also come to pass;

Above me, there have formed the clouds,

Below me, grown the grass.

Author's Note

free verse-esque feel for the first two stanzas
on the third i went straight up literature class poetry

Reviews

[Starting Over]

I stand as the world turns around me.... I wonder what life will bring me! :) But this beautiful John

[J Carly]

This is breathtaking, seriously. I am surprised to find that I am the first reviewer of this work. It seems I've been away too long, and things have changed in my absence.

I adore the rhythm of this piece. It reminds me so much of Walt Whitman, and he is one of my favorites.
The ending was perfection. Like dance steps on a grand ballroom floor...beautiful!