Adrenaline kicked in as I felt my hair brush past my face, flying in the wind behind me, running through the obstacles that stood high above me. Dried leaves that have fallen because of the seasons changing crunched beneath my feet, I hopped over the fallen trees, laughing at the euphoric feeling that ran through my veins. My cheeks burned at the cool feeling of the winter air, knowing my nose was probably bright pink. My mind hoping I would never loose this feeling, my feet kept going, pushing me to go further into the unknown. All of my problems were being washed away as I kept going, my smile reaching upwards. I haven't felt this happy in forever, I didn't want to stop. I felt free, no care in the world. Then I stopped...
You can only run so far from your problems until they catch up with you. The sun that shone through the trees started to go down, darkness came over the forest as I tried to catch my breath. I looked around me, seeing the sun's rays touch the last bit of the forest it could until suddenly.... I couldn't see my feet below me. I felt empty, consumed by my thoughts. Why couldn't I have kept going? Why did the sun have to go away? Why did the darkness come back when I was starting to feel happy, a feeling that I never wanted to let go of. My chest started to burn, my heart hurting with it. I hated this other feeling, this feeling they called sad. I wiped away my tears, looking up at the stars and that's when I saw it, a slight sliver of hope.
A small firefly, lifting itself up higher from the floor. Soon more came above the ground, floating above me. Then I knew that I was going to be ok, everything was going to be ok. I was going to push through the darkness, the sun will come out soon and I could feel happy, the euphoric feeling that I didn't want to let go of would come back.
