Yonder Past the Yo-Yo

Keeping up with him was like keeping up with a yo-yo

To, fro, there, where

The mind raced fast

To present, future, past

With overlaps in between.

Keeping up with him was like keeping up with a yo-yo

Where, there, fro, to

Romantic semantics

In times of calm, moment of antics

With undercurrents overhead.

Keeping up with him was like keeping up with a yo-yo

Whereto, furthermore

A collection of knots to the core

Of the spinning, the spiraling

The laughing, the crying

Keeping up with him was like keeping up with a yo-yo.