The Wheel of Life

There is a Ferris Wheel somewere Jump on now It's your turn You'll go full circle maybe once And on your journey You will learn Of what's behind But not to come They are, as you are Immortal ones For this is life In which we know Why we die And where we go Mortals know why the Ferris Wheel slows When there is illness Or death is owed But no one knows why Carriages on the wheel Hold only one person And so they feel When the carriage below empties A terrible fear A doubt of the fate Of the one they hold dear The wheel restrains them They cannot alight So they sit on the wheel Unable to fight Only memories are left Of the loved ones face As someone boards To take their place I looked down at Joanna In the carriage below Laughing and hurting and having fun The wheel slowed down And she got off Her face was smiling In the sun Then she turned and said goodby 'I must go now I have to die.' Straight and proud she walked away Mortal hurts I could not find Again she turned Again she smiled And I could see she was not blind Then the wheel began to move I could no longer see her there The sun went in; the clouds returned Joanna called me from the air 'One day the wheel will slow for you When you get off I will be here 'My friend you loved me on the wheel I love you too so have no fear You must stay on the wheel of life Don't think that you can't see it through The wheel is hard but you are strong You know that I will wait for you