Funny how the world had always looked from high above. All the horrors of life pulled back down to earth by gravity, letting your soul soar from the lightened load. Sitting high atop that old roller coaster car, which was stuck at the arch of the hill, now frozen in time by rust. Such a place of mixed emotions on that hill, I think. Lingering feelings of fear, of adventure, of excitement, of love and trust as you rode along with that special someone, only being able to find your courage sitting beside them as you cling on tight taking that first plunge off the two hundred foot drop. Looking about the world as the sun set on such a serene day, I gazed upon the wispy clouds that dared not hold rain, floating above the world allowing ones imagination to decipher its true shape and form.
A glow of warmth still shone over the horizon as a gentle breeze blew about, warming yet bringing about the sweet smell that is the end of summer. Down below was the tattered streets of the abandoned theme park. Trash from years ago still lay undisturbed, along with the faded scent of cotton candy. The theme park lead to the parking lot. An asphalt desert with rows of streetlights that just barely flickered on and off as they prepared to offer light their light to the few ghosts that did dwindle there in the dark. Asphalt soon gives way to a nearby forest which blended into the distance. Past all of the humanity there was nothing but nature. Trees leading out to the edges of the world meeting up with the orange of the sun which shone its own form of rainbows upon the clouds.
It is all a sight to behold, one that I would like to keep in the background of my mind forever. "This roller coaster just seems ever so slightly like life to some." I said to myself, the only audible sounds above the whispering wind being the leaves that did shiver. "Life begins as you claw your way to the top ever so slowly, click by click, feeling each jostling tug as you begin to crescendo to the climax. Excitement rises within you as you reach toward the future that you always wished for, to reach that point so high above everyone else. But at that peak you do not have the time to enjoy what lies in wait for you, a beautiful dimension of colors and where the world seems endless, because when you do reach it…" I laughed to myself deep in my throat. "the world sends you down hill, plummeting towards the ground and all you can do…" slowly I did pull myself out of the car of the roller coaster, my shoes leaving intricate patterns of blood down the stairs towards the car station with each step.
The severed head of a young blonde girl had lain beside me, blood trailing mascara down upon her now pail and lifeless cheeks, her golden locks were matted with clots of blood that rooted from a ten inch knife protruding from her skull, the body laid twisted upon the floor while blood still dribbled from the stump of her neck. A crow flew down from a nearby tree and landed in the sea of maroon, picking at the layers of muscles and veins. "Is hang on for your life…" I said on the brink of silence as I walked down the stairs and towards the nearby forest towards the setting sun "Because sometimes we don't even have control over the choices we make..."
Signed
Beethoven