whirling dervish

Show me

is all that I have

Just when I think the world

has stopped spinning 

A whirling dervish 

swirls through my space

The circles my thoughts create

twist my body 

and then my body 

turns right back around 

twisting my mind

Is my identity that fluid 

or does my center just keep shifting

following the kinetic energy 

of concentric motion

When the pace slows down

I am left 

trying to stand

Dizzy

Panting

and I sink to my knees

Holding my head in my hands

pleading for mercy

an easing of the vertigo 

asking for direction

I send out the only prayer 

I have ever known

Please

Please

Please

just

show me