welcome to your own personal dark ride.
it's filled with monsters and demons.
fears and phobias you must face down.
fun-house mirrors decorate the walls
distorting any clear view of reality you might have.
the dry ice fills each room... keeping any rational thought from forming.
the ghosts of your past constantly appear behind your shoulder,
breathing down your neck. fighting to pull you back to the places
you've struggled to break away from.
the lullaby of laughter seems so distant from where you are.
each dark hallway is never ending, the light is so far away.
watch your footing carefully, rethink each step, because the
floors and paths are everchanging. they wait, they yearn,
for you to fall. to be sucked so deep in the quicksand that you never
stood a chance. they don't want a fair fight.
they want those below the belt hits. sucker punches to the ego- or
the lack thereof.
but with each hit, each fall, each loss, you gain strength.
strength to push back those nightmares.
to clear the fog that blinds you.
to find that firm ground and stand with your held high.
but don't put your guard down. there is always, always, something
waiting behind each turn. each obstacle that you approach.
you won't get it right the first time around, no one ever does.
you're not expected to, because if you were,
it wouldn't be worth it in the end.
you value each blow. each fall. each moment you think that you can't
possible continue on. the moment where you want all the bad to
devour you. eat you alive. consume everything you are.
because that would be the easy way out of things. the 'cure'.
but fight, fight with everything in you to keep going.
the laughter will get louder.
the light will glow brighter than before.
welcoming arms will reach for your returning embrace.
and the ride will be over.
you will have made it out alive.
you will have proved the warnings wrong.
you have faced down your demons and your vices. alone.
you have earned a little more self respect for yourself.
you can now enter this ride again, and laugh at the cheap, faulty
effects that once had you buckling at your knees with fear.
you've made it through. be proud of yourself.
you've earned it all by yourself.
nobody can ever take that away from you.
