Wheel, London
Sujay Natson ’16
Irrepressible Gyroscope
STACIA JOY GRABBER
I shanghaied myself
But my shelf life
Is running out
I can’t stand stagnant any more
‘Cause they’re “Toe the line
But don’t dare cross
It’s bully, boys
Just believe the boss
Go under the knife
‘Cause life’s about
Fitting in – that’s what you’re for.”
No
What you’re for?
What you’re for?
What you’re really for?
Scintillate
Elevate
You daring, wild thing
Raise your voice amid the noise
But raise it up to sing
Dance to the drum
While they march to cope
– For they’ve got to march to cope –
For the world turns on to spinning out
But you’ve turned to something more devout
You irrepressible gyroscope
Speed and pace
Ladder rat race
The time is now
And now is all you have
For stars align
And oceans rise
Empires fall
And we realize
Our tiny size and how
We’ve somehow revolved into this havoc
But
What you’re for?
What you’re for?
What you’re really for?
Scintillate
Elevate
You daring, wild thing
Raise your voice amid the noise
But raise it up to sing
Dance to the drum
While they march to cope
– For they’ve got to march to cope –
For the world turns on to spinning out
But you’ve turned to something more devout
You irrepressible gyroscope
Axes shift and colossal breaks
Along the deep fault lines of society
Rock and sway
Buckle and fade
And yet
And yet
And yet…
The gravity of your existence
Transcends this ashen substance
You have stardust in your veins
Your inherited bearings will remain
Despite the unsteady balance of this planet
This mortal coil circles faster
From disorder to disaster –
Yet you spin in time but not in tune with this orbit
For you are polarized
By the one who designed
The mere and vast intangible law of gravity
You spin wild, fleeting, fast
In your vapor-length solar path
But your stability is founded in eternity
You irrepressible, soul-bearing gyroscope
Stacia Joy Grabber is an author of speculative fiction and currently in her second
year of the RISD:CE Certificate program, concentrating in character design and book
illustration.
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