A Carrousel
10/13/00


It twirls around and around
Horses jumping up and down
Children laughing and giggling
Music playing over and over
It never stops

Every once in a while a child falls
The force sends them flying
They die
Others just ignore it
Just as if it had never happened

Some children pick their favorite horse
Others have no choice
They take the ugly ones

It doesn’t matter what horse they get
Their destinations are all the same
Going in circles
They have no choice where to go
They will all die anyway

One day a man was born onto the merry-go-round
He took the least liked hoarse
Its name was Sacrifice and Freedom

The children with the ugly horses loved Him
The children who chose beautiful ones hated Him
He was a Man

So they killed Him
They pushed Him off into the depths of Hell
Along with his horse

Then the music stopped
The merry-go-round ceased turning
The air went dead and silent

For two days the sun did not shine
Nor did the moon glow
Thus made the mourning of stars audible
Children shuddered all around
All lived in darkness

On the third day the Man came back
His horse alive and flying with wings
The music played
The merry-go-round turned
The day grew bright with stars rejoicing

To those who believed in Him
He gave them right to be His children
The right to live forever
He touched them
Their horses came to life with wings

No longer isolated in captivity
They flew away
They soared into the heavens
Free from the merry-go-round
Free

To this day the Man touches lives
He sets them free so they can fly
Away from death
From confusion and captivity
Fly away like a butterfly
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As you can see, this poem is about Jesus and his story. It's also about our story as well. The children are the people of the earth and the man is Jesus. The Carrousel is our daily routines, which cycle with little or subtle variation over our lives. Some of us are born rich, and some of us are born poor, with not as great of a chance at life as others. When Jesus comes most of the poor or ones with visible infirmities flock to him because he might be able to help them. However when most of the prominent people see what the man is doing they kill him. The next part comes from the point in scripture that states that time of Jesus death darkness came over "the land" for about tree hours, and it also signifies the fact that the creator was dead, and that Satan was rejoicing. Not for long! The man is resurrected and he comes and sets people free. They no longer have to stay in their habits of sin or just go through life as a routine. Instead every day can be new, have meaning, and doesn't just have to be ordinary! The best part of all is that God did all this in order to adopt us into his royal family. "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God - children born not of natural descent, not of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God." (NIV John 1:12-13)