<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399469" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The carnival of joy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One early Old Year’s Day<br>when the southeaster blew <br>with all of its ferocity<br>the murky sky the murky bay <br>was filled with gloom<br>and almost bloodthirsty you looked at me, <br>without any sincerity, <br>with anger and maybe a little bit of hatred</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and you did not say a final goodbye<br>and I had lost you that afternoon<br>and felt empty, lost without a cause<br>as if all my living was finished and done<br>and as if everything good was gone<br>and I was forlorn and shattered.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Early on the New Year’s Day<br>when the emerald ocean lay<br>stretched out in tranquillity<br>as far as the eye could see<br>with crystal clear waters</div><div style="margin:10px 0">people from the carnival<br>danced on banjo and guitar tunes<br>marched past in bright coloured uniforms, <br>and I found peace in the festival of happiness, <br>celebrating the New Year in, <br>that was demonstrated how great, <br>how utterly good<br>it was to be living.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399469" data-title="The carnival of joy de Gert Strydom" data-description="One early Old Year’s Day when the southeaster blew with all of its ferocity the murky sky the murky bay was filled with gloom and almost bloodthirsty you looked at me, without any sincerity, with anger and maybe a little bit of hatred and y..."></div> </div> </div>

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