Rollercoaster Ride

Love is a like rollercoaster

Waiting for your turn

Wondering why it takes so long

Seeing those before you taking the ride

Their faces excited, worried, or petrified

Those butterflies bouncing, those palms sweaty and slick

Making you wonder why of the rollercoasters, this is the one you had to pick

The slow incline will have your hands up, your smiles free

But the speeding fall down, has your heart leap up into your throat

Those bumps and loops, that upside down twist

Makes your stomach knot and your eyes grow big

The fear of flying off without some way to stop

Of getting hurt with no way to protect yourself

Riding free, no control with someone else at the lever

Faster you go the wind in your face, tears at your eyes

A rush of danger, you ignore the fear knowing that when it ends

You’ll ride again

Slower now, the thrill stops here

Ready to get out the seat, yet waiting to try again

More and more, you’ll take the plunge

The excitement wearing thin, its splendor fading fast

Leave the site, don’t turn back

Find another rollercoaster ride

Its twists, its turns, those loopy loops

The high, the lows you know you’ll feel

A new journey, a new thrill

Your eyes wide, but no danger you feel

Listening to the others saying, “Sit right here”

They’ll lock you in, no way out

To climb that mountain or the space above

No breathe, no air at the top you’ll find

Wishing now you’d been left behind

A moment perched on the edge

Seeing life so small, ants abed

Then, whoosh you’ll go

Your shriek not heard

Partner beside you, holding for dear life

Upside down, left side twist

Holding hands, wishing you could end this

But at last this new ride will stop

Your legs shaking, your heart tripped

Surviving this somehow, you do not know

Hand in hand you’ll walk away

The adventure left behind

But you’ll remember the fun it was

Because your love is by your side

Making your own rollercoaster ride