Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Dec 6, 2009 Creative Writing/Poetry, Random, Relationships, Thoughts and Perceptions, Wicked Wisdoms, love
I have never thought that life is like a box of chocolates. Nope. I have always compared life as one big roller coaster.
At times, life has climaxes that send you to heights that you never ever thought you could reach. The highs are exhilarating. Sometimes, life shoots you to the very top so fast that you don’t even know what hit you. All of a sudden, your eyes are closed… and the next thing you know you are staring down at the world.
I love that feeling.
When I am up there, soaring above the world, tightly fastened in … I scream with delight; my hands stretched as far up above my head as they could possibly be.
Breathless. That moment takes the breath away from me.
Do you ever notice that the moment is short lived? That, no matter how good it feels to be up above the rest of the world on the high of all highs … we never stay? The reality is that at some point, we are destined to descend. As the ride comes to it’s end, all we can do is close your eyes, savor the passing moment and hope that the next time will just like every other time we gave the ticket collector our ticket.
Still alive with wobbly legs and a speedy heartbeat.
We are gluttons for punishment. Absolutely. No doubt in my mind. We know that the valley sucks. We know that it is coming. There is no avoiding the end. Yet we go. We buy the tickets, and brace ourselves for the climax.
Some roller coasters are bumpier than others. Some are quick and painless. Some leave us scratching our heads, wondering why in the fuck we even bothered. I wonder when I will finally be done seeking out that rush.
Actually, I am already done. I want off this roller coaster.
For once I would really like to just keep my fucking feet flat on the ground.
What about you?
What 3 things do you do every single day?
What 3 things annoy you most?
What 3 things must you do before you die?
Tags: life, love, rollercoaster
