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The Giant Wheel

 As the dusk befalls the falling sun,

far beneath the gibbous glow,

sat a lad upon the winding stairs,

chasing glimpses of waning moon.


Amid a muse of dreams in concord gently spun,

he played the role enduring glow,

watching it rise beyond the upper airs,

unwitting, the seer glides below the climbing moon.


unaware a ceaseless ride borne,

the boy so tight in sweeping flow,

silent and still drifting nether airs,

through quiet realms where shadows swoon.



*1 dusk - the darker stage of twilight  *2 gibbous -  (of the moon) having the illuminated part greater than a semicircle but less than a full circle.   

*3 waning - (of the moon) having a progressively smaller part of visible surface illuminated so that it appears to decrease in size.    *4 muse - cluster of encouragement and inspiration  *5 concord - in discipline   *6 enduring glow - having his worries and peer pressures within    *7 unwitting - not aware of the full facts    *8 seer - the one who sees  *9 borne - the ceaseless ride held him upon   *10 nether airs - going down the horizon  *11 swoon - fall  

"watching it rise beyond the upper airs " - "it" here is referenced to moon. It shows that the moon is drifting upwards.  

"unaware a ceaseless ride borne" - the boy sitting on the stairs is held by the ride he is travelling due to the rotational motion of earth.  

Theme:  A young dreamer contemplates the fleeting beauty of moon and the sky unaware of the vast and ceaseless motion of the world beneath him as he drifts in a timeless dreamlike journey of wonder and introspection.

Significance of Title:  The title symbolises earth's ceaseless rotation and unseen ride of life mirroring how the young dreamer drifts through time and space, unaware of the world moving beneath him.

In brief: "The Giant Wheel" here references the earth.


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