Once again, thank you for the lovely comments.
I've lived on the north a east coast all of my life until recently when I moved to the north west coast :-)
The sea has always played a prominent part in my life. My Dad was a fisherman and when he died, I scattered his ashes across the waters that he fished.. I lived a stone's throw away from the beach as a young boy. I have memories of this area stretching back to when I was three years old. I have found throughout my life that I am drawn, especially to the coastline where I lived during my formative years. The carnival would visit this area many years ago and continues to do so every year, at the same location.
'I want to run' is about how I felt towards the end of my marriage - unloved, desperately wanting to belong again. I used the carnival imagery: the Ferris wheel, the distorting mirrors, the roller coaster to communicate my feelings at that time. The unsuspecting people who attend the fun-fair, might one day feel as a I did and conclude that they 'much prefer the image ' in the distorting mirrors to their true self should their world come crashing down.
Thanks again for the lovely comments.
Paul