Hole In The Hedgerow

Poetry, Stories, and Other Musings With Spilt Ink

June 24, 2025

Spiraling

I’m a skeleton tripping down a spiral stair case

Bones I should have buried a long time ago

I’m the conductor of my toy train round the chrismas tree

Revisiting the sights, I hate to see

All the ornaments that you left for me

I’m the sad merry go round jockey

Bobbing with the highs and lows

I’m circling the drain

Spiraling my way down

Posted by:

Rowan

I am a man of words, and preferably those words left unspoken

6 responses to “Spiraling”

Kay

June 24, 2025 at 8:04 am

I don’t know that I’d call it my “favorite”, but dang… well written and very relatable ✨

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. Rowan
  
  June 24, 2025 at 8:09 am
  
  For me, it’s more about this tendency for us to keep revisiting the thoughts that make us angry or sad, and we play them over and over, as if we’re addicted to letting our minds wander to them repeatedly
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
  1. Kay
    
    June 24, 2025 at 8:50 am
    
    Yes… I felt that. I tend to do the same thing; sometimes against my will…
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
  2. Rowan
    
    June 24, 2025 at 1:06 pm
    
    We love fixating on the things we hate
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
  3. Kay
    
    June 24, 2025 at 7:14 pm
    
    Sad, negative things… wonder why that is…
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
julieallyn

June 24, 2025 at 9:57 am

Well done. I like this.

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply

Leave a reply to julieallyn Cancel reply