Hoolihooli

Jester

You are the only person, to get away with the things you have

 

And I am a fool 

 

Who becomes the court jester every time

 

The blind rat, misled by every flitting vowel

 

Like a carousel with the amount of times we’ve gone around in circles 

 

Then a jack in the box, we wind everything up 

 

Pop 

 

Everything we wanted to forget has returned 

 

The circus is back and here with new tricks 

 

Underneath its tent we will still find all of our old memories 

 

When the elephant comes out for the parlor, I shan’t call it by name 

 

Addressing it would be the same as confessing to you 

 

Except that wouldn’t be feelings of romance,

 

It would be admitting that I have changed too much for us to ever have a chance.

 

That I have moved on,

 

And that I am no longer the child you knew who wished to go to the circus