Sugar and Diesel - Scream if you want to go faster...

Not a carousel but a Waltzer, hope that's not too much of a deviation from the challenge?

I love writing mini stories through poetry and this is a work in progress. I was also not sure whether to finish it here or continue?

Sugar and Diesel

Sea-green eyes and slicked back hair

A perfect curl, an earthy stare

A cigarette hanging from his lips

Jeans hug tight on slender hips

Holds out a hand to help her in

Green eyes sparking, lopsided grin

Removes the cigarette, blows out smoke

A perfect ring so she won’t choke

Pulls down the bar, takes her money

Voice like glue, calls her ‘Honey’

Says, “Sit back” and “Hold on tight”

She grips the bar. Her head feels light

The engine starts, the music’s loud

She makes out faces in the crowd

The cart spins round, the call goes out

Above the noise she hears him shout,

“Scream if you want to go faster!”

Behind the van, he smelt of smoke,

Sugar and diesel when he spoke,

Pale white skin and tender lips,

Bodies joining at the hips

Summer days, sunshine and laughter,

Evenings spinning, faster, faster

Toffee apples, candy floss

She had no idea of the cost,

“A summer romance” is all he said

But deep inside she felt dread

Love packed up in lorries and vans

He was gone. She had no plans

“Scream if you want to go faster”

Shouting, yelling, “How did could you do it?”

She’d been stupid and she knew it

Belly growing, getting fat

It’s too late now and that’s a fact

Sideways looks and whispered voices

How she wished for different choices

No more school. Not enough money

All because he called her, ‘Honey’

A belly of pain, cramps, contractions

No doctors, nurses, her own inaction

Blood and sweat, skin and bone

A baby born, all alone.

“Scream if you want to go faster”