Good ride! Good ride!
Arms raised
Hands to the sky
I’m on your rollercoaster.
Stomach pitting, heart dropping lows.
Vast highs that take my breath away with closeness to the sun.
I trust in the safety of you next to me, we are together so tightly we couldn’t let go if we tried.
And yet the gravity pull and blind corners leave me screaming in fear
And excitement
Lurching
Rattling
crackling
F a s t!! on smooth casters
Teeth clenched then a
Mouth thrown wide open because i can’t contain my stomach and joy.
We reel and swirl then
halt with a jolt
only to start again slowly
And take the ride around another time
6 thoughts on "Good ride! Good ride!"
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Great rendering of a roller coaster!
Thank you
Wow!
Very well written.
Subtle and deft.
Thank you
An exciting read!–It felt like so many things to experience—It read like a wild ride on a roller coaster but also it read like where life experiences can take you too…It felt like both. I liked this line very much that felt grounding :”I trust in the safety of you next to me, we are together so tightly we couldn’t let go if we tried.”
Thank you for your poem!
Thank you for your kind words!