black and blue
"oh, the line is too long
it'll take forever to get there...."
but i waited... moving slowly, a year at a time.
the exhilaration of peaks
and the terror of valleys
drew me in as i ate my cotton candy.
and tried to keep the sun out of my eyes.
that day was perfectly blue & pink & it was the nineteenth of some month.
my turn finally came and i climbed into one of the connected cars.
my breath left me as the machine clunked forward and we began the ascent.
everyone was screaming and laughing and holding their hands in the air, waving.
but i held the safety bar til my knuckles bled.
then the top of the sky came to me and i closed my eyes
my heart fluttered like a bird shot from the air
the roller coaster ride was on me.
the cars came to a slamming stop
i got off, dizzy and dazed.............
and now, i get this feeling
that next year, i'll still feel the spots where the bruises had been
but i know that i can close my eyes and change the subject.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*~*~ r.a.w. ~*~*~
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