One of my many recent...
Torment
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A merry-go-round
At the children's playground.
"Can we play, mummy?"
"Go ahead honey, but do
Take care, I'll be at the shops."
But round and round it goes
Caught up with the flow
Spinning, spinning,
Downward spiralling,
Screams.
"Let me get off, please,
Please, let me get off."
Stop, stop, stop, the cry
Goes unheard, unheeded;
Softly laughing,
They look on, monkey grins
Stretched upon their faces,
And helpless, chained,
Clinging on, praying;
Fearing.
How I wished, in that time
Of agonizing terror
That someone'd come and
Stop the demons, letting me
Go free...