July 19, 2010

Spinning



Once you set the top in motion
it never stops.
It rotates
but is still
staying perfectly center
on the table.
It's been minutes
and it's still going
showing no sign of slowing.
You walk away
go to the groceries store
go to the movies
embrace your kids
tell them you love them
make dinner for them.
You all eat your meal
around the top
still spinning
just like Sir Newton said.
You look at your wife's top
wishing that it wasn't yours now
wishing you had listened to her
wishing it would stop spinning
because none of this is real now
not without her.
But you just smile
for the kids
because they don't need to worry
as the top
and the world
keep spinning.


Inspired by Christopher Nolan's Inception
Word.

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