My Carnival Heart

This piece was inspired by a very strange dream.

Ripped and ragged tents.
Flaps slapping in the breeze.
The barker's voice calls to me.
The organ plays a
haunting melody.

Disfigured faces
take their places.
The show is about to start.
Come one, come all.
Take your seat.
Welcome to my carnival heart.

Fire breathers
and tightrope walkers,
take the stage and
do a show or two.
Then they leave and new acts
take their places.
Who they are,
I haven't a clue.

My blood runs cold
at the sight of painted faces.
An irrational fear,
it's true.
And yet still,
I'm breathless and left
seeking refuge.

And at once,
it gets silent.
The sounds abandoning me.
No longer willing to take part.

Come one, come all,
there are plenty of seats.
Welcome to my desolate
carnival heart.

©3-14-2015 by Ashley Nicole Nordyke

Reviews

[Nini]

Just when I tell you that what I read is my favorite...you write another that is my favorite LOL!! Very good piece here! Love the visual it gave me!

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Thank you so much Nini!! I adore you!

[Avinash]

A poem which gives less clue about the stories behind but makes you feel more.

[Aaron Jinks]

Dreams really are fascinating things. Several dreams have shaped some of the events in The Rising Sun (a book I'm writing), my poems, etc. Excellent job on this piece, I really enjoyed it! :D

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked it!

[Chris]

some dreams aren't that strange at all when you open your eyes and let yourself perceive realities...

[AaronFreitas]

Damn girl what are you eating before you go to sleep to have dreams like this haha! Good work my friend keep it up :)

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Thank you! I have strange dreams sometimes. Lol

[andrew mitchell]

Salubrious!. Stupendous! Brilliant stuff Ashley I love the carnivals and to me they express a sinister side and your description of this and how you feel is one bloody good write!

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Thank you darling! Sometimes my mind feels like one, & I tend to associate carnivals with madness.. So one night during a dream experiment with me & a friend, this came to me. I just had to post it!

[Tessa Danielle Guise]

wow ashley!! Amazing piece.. like always..lol.. Thats one of the best ones i read on here.. Keep up the good work!! ♥ That was very deep to!!

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Thank you!

[Tessa Danielle Guise]

No problem.. Keep up the good work!!!