The Glass Staircase!
By Mathew F. Silva
I look at the path before me that I am about to start on it seems to go on forever as I look up these massive but most beautiful of stairs made completely out of glass I fear it may break underneath me as I take my first step at first it seems as if though the glass is thick and strong and leads me to believe this path will be smooth and pain free.
As I make my way up I start hearing a cracking and feel a sharp pain in my bare feet upon further inspection I see that the higher up I get the more brittle the glass gets and it starts to cut my feet an urge to turn back around tugs at me and this urge only gets stronger as I go higher the glass cutting my feet deeper and deeper with each step but I stay strong and continue on my path up this beautiful but fragile path.
Upon reaching the half way mark of my journey the glass gives way and I fall through but at the last minute I catch my self with a single hand the glass digging into my hands trying to force me to let go and for a short while I just hang there with the pain contemplating on whether or not I should give into the pain and let myself fall back to the bottom where my journey begins but as I look around me I see many going down the same path as I some falling with tears in the eyes, and others fighting to get back up. Now it was my time to decide do I give up and fall or do I pull my self back up and continue making my way up.
In the end I take hold of the glass with my hand other hand and pull my self up getting many cuts along the way but I continue on slowly getting up and out of the hole I am in, and then continuing on my journey toward the top because now I know not matter how much it hurts or how hard it is I will make it to the top the urge to turn back still lingers but it slowly begins to get fainter the higher I get and from this point on I know no matter how many times I fall or not matter how much pain I feel at times I will not turn back not until I reach the end of this beautiful but a fragile journey called love.
