\"Wind beneath my wings\"
A line from a song
I used to sing
Other lines faded into obscurity
Within the maze of my mind
Like prehistoric cave paintings
Fading with the passage of time
When I was young
I spread my wings
Felt the wind of fate
Lifting me up
Like a baby on a swing
It lifted me up,
oh so gently
Became a tempest
oh so momentarily
Up and down did I go
Floated in and out
Benevolence and destruction,
Two sides of the same coin
Like the serene river flows
And, then floods the banks
And destroys everything
When it overflows
I screamed with joy
When it lifted me high
I screamed in pain
When it brought me down
Felt like being enshrined in a tomb
Where I could hardly breath
Inhaling deep during ephemeral joys
Holding it during enduring pains
Had a life where the sun used to shine
I wanted more
Didn\'t notice when I crossed into
The prohibited place marked with
\"End of Need now
You are Entering Greed\"
Finally feeling empty and tired
One day I closed my wings
Crashed landing on terra firma hurt so bad
But, she took me in her lap
Like a mother
Welcoming her wayward child back
Now I stand
With firm ground beneath my feet
I don\'t crave the lift
I feel content with who I am
I feel so happy with what I have
I no longer feel like an adrenaline junky
Riding a flimsy boat on a choppy sea