The Guy in Charge

Who forgot to tell 

   the guy in charge

      to pull the switch

on the merry-go-round?

 

Maybe the guy is gone,

   or, perhaps, asleep

      while the rest of us

go round and round.

 

The guy over there

   seems not to care

      we all want off

this spinning machine.

 

He just sits and stares,

   his hand over the switch,

       but still we go round

and round once again.  

 

Will his hand not drop

     to stop the madness

        of unending chaos

gone out of control?

 

The hovering hand drops

    the going round ceases,

      confusion no more,

peace and order restored.