27 Mar ROLLER COASTER
Come this way
Take these hands
Forget those safe
merry go rounds
That simply spin
Into the ground
Ferris wheels rising safely
Into pillowed clouds, no
Let’s go for a real ride love
A roller coaster
Seated for two
Sit back, relax
Hold tight, my hand
And so we begin
Gripping ever so tightly
As together
We scale new lands
climbing to the top
always it stops
Peaked, smiling
As our securities drop
Unseen force, pushing down
upon our shoulders
Holding us in
ride of a lifetime
exhilarating and new
then we are reluctantly
climbing once more
Watching the simpler rides
So safe and slow
Circling down below
Simple round and rounds
til we crest in the wind
Eyes closing to the majestic unknown
Falling quickly to a harsh reality
Twisting hard to our left
Fingers entwined tighter
Together we lean
Jerking hard to the right
Holding strong
through the untold
feeling fearful, yet bold
united, a strength on its own
rising to heights
neither has seen alone
dropping back fast
to truths ignored, that burn
fingers slipping, now unknitted
minds wavering, at once unsure
strapped in too tight
unable to breathe
the ride continues on
fingers white, clinging to hope
clasping to bruised thoughts
loosened fingertips unclasp
a corkscrew, a flip
together now deceased
we drip, we dip
finally, our ride ends
vicious loss of momentum
heads needing space
a future left alone
both of us sick?
Do we need to move on?
to those simpler… safer rides
Or
Should we say our goodbyes
Lessons learned
Searching the crowd
Another who won’t
let fear be their guide
Someone who can hold your hand tight
Through the roller coasters of life
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