the old abandoned ferris wheel

[inspired by this video - http://youtu.be/Z8tH_i47E-U  by John Green]

 

they were screaming out to be heard,

voices pushing against the old abandoned ferris wheel

screaming, but only sounding in the soft wind

that moved them from silence into sound, pressing them

against the old metal carriages that once held

their laughing children.

 

they were screaming for redemption, for revenge

on the old rotting wooden steps

and the man who left it all behind,

confined to a prison cell,

letting their children's joy rot away

with the old wooden platforms.

 

the only way they could make it run

was by screaming into the wind

and hoping that it would push them with

enough force to make the old abandoned

ferris wheel

move again.