Merry-Go-Round

Why do the same things
Keep happening to me
Is there a lesson to be learned
That I continually fail to see

Insanity is doing the same thing
Expecting a different result
Something you might expect from a child
But not after you’ve become an adult

Are these happenings the result
Of my own insane acts
Or jumping the gun with comments
Wishing later I could retract

I desperately want to get off
This insane Merry-Go-Round
That has my actions shackled
And my words bound

To a broken record
An endless Ground Hog Day
Repetition over and again
Lord, take this insanity away

Keep me from wasting time
Rounding this mount
Like the Israelites did
LORD, I WANT OUT

Of this generational demon’s
Tight hold on me
Clouding my good judgement
Making it difficult to see

That continuing to do the same thing
Expecting a different result
Has been the insane hold
On this worn out adult

So today I commit to changes
Making judgements sound
To get off this maddening
Merry-Go-Round

Changing my attitude, my actions
My comments and then…
Get up the next day
And do it over and again

Author: Marie Fitts

Wife, Mom, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Friend, Writer, Dog Lover, Grated in and Grateful, Child of the Most High God! View all posts by Marie Fitts