Carnival of Absurdity

It’s a carnival
Of absurdity
A festival
Of obscenity
It’s a circus
Of perversity
A celebration
Of insanity
On and on
In my head
For eternity

I dared to peak
Inside the House
Of Mirrors
What greeted me
Made me quickly
Reconsider

For staring back
At me was
No reflection
But the incarnation
Of my every
Imperfection

I tried to smash
Those windows
To reality
But the only thing
That shattered
Was my sanity

It’s a carnival
Of absurdity
A festival
Of obscenity
It’s a circus
Of perversity
A celebration
Of insanity
On and on
In my head
For eternity

Thought I’d
Take a ride
On the carousel
Let the horses
Carry me away
From this hell

When the music played
It sounded like
A tolling bell
A curtain call
A final dirge
A death knell

Sending out
A warning as
If to tell
There is
No escaping
From the carnival

It’s a carnival
Of absurdity
A festival
Of obscenity
It’s a circus
Of perversity
A celebration
Of insanity
On and on
In my head
For eternity

Plucked up
The courage for
The Ghost Train
A decision
For the life of me
I can’t explain

Less a haunting
More a taunting
Of my regrets
Reminding me
Of everything
I tried to forget

Searched the
Other sideshows
For a remedy
But each was just
Another freakshow
Of my memories

It’s a carnival
Of absurdity
A festival
Of obscenity
It’s a circus
Of perversity
A celebration
Of insanity
On and on
In my head
For eternity

[inspired by my composition of the same name]