Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever- spinning reel
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Like a tunnel that you follow
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half- forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Spinning silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly
Was it something that you said
Lovers walk along a shore
And leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand
Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the fragment of a song
Half- remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong
When you knew that it was over
You were you suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever- spinning reel
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
