There is an on-going celebration tonight in Second Life in honor of it’s 14th Birthday.  I was honored in being asked to read an hour of poetry.  Who knew that an hour is so long? 😉  As I was getting ready for the reading tonight, I wrote the following poem off my cuff.  The theme for this birthday bash is carnivalesque.  So, that’s what I wrote about.

Carnivalesque
by Michael Romani

Spring is the season for carnival
All around the world, it's a festival
A one way ticket to the center of the mind
Where no one here is ever left behind
A time for music to fill the night's air
And laughter rings out without a care
All the beautiful ladies let down their long hair
Love and good times are found everywhere

Like a melodic songbird wafting into the night
There's a dance floor boogie that takes flight
From the depths of our souls' sacred celebration
Played in time to our sweet rhythmic fascination
Lovers love, and greeters greet, moving fleet
As the conga dancers slip down that old street
Nothing lasts like the taste of lips filled with smiles
Enough to go around for all of life's endless miles

It's carnival everybody, can you feel it in your hearts
When happiness reaches up to lift you as sadness departs
Hey now everybody, leave all your worries behind
Latch onto that happiness that brings us peace of mind
Look all around you at what goodness and love can create
Hey now, sisters and brothers dance together; can you relate?
We'll sing and dance in our happy moment of celebration
Bringing joy, peace and love to spread across this nation

(c) June 19, 2017 Michael Romani
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