Lifted, Falling, Spinning...

Lifted. When it comes to love, we are told that it gives us the feeling of either being lifted up high into the air, or it gives the feeling of falling. Either way, you aren't grounded, and you have no control over what is going to happen to you. After you have been lifted, you will automatically start to fall, and so you hope that there is somebody there to catch you. You hope to fall into the arms of the one you love, and that all will be safe and warm. But there's always a high risk you will fall to the ground, scrape your knees, and there will be no one to wipe your tears away. So if there is such a huge risk of being hurt, why do we let ourselves be lifted?

For the last few Sundays, me and Kade have taken the early bus to visit Bath, at the stop 5 minutes away from my house. It's about a 40 minute journey, and we'd always have something to laugh about on our way there. Our usual day consisted of going for lunch, walking around the shops, and enjoying and embracing the weather, despite what the weather might have been like that day...

Falling. The first time me and Kade went to Bath together, we went to a local garden. I had been seeing him casually for a couple of months now, and things were just starting to get serious. We walked peacefully around, laughing and joking as usual. It was this day, that I remember my first feeling with him, that I was spinning. After you are lifted, you fall, and if you land safely, you then start to spin. But although someone might have been there to catch you the first time, that person might not be ready to catch you for a second time.

In my case, when he kissed me, and my whole world began to spin, and I was luckily enough to keep my balance, and stay on my toes.

Spinning. In previous cases, you are sometimes to scared to spin around, because you are so afraid of falling. Should we embrace our spinning, and hope for the best, at the risk of falling down? What if we were to stay completely grounded. To stay sensible, and to not let our emotions overwhelm us? Not only is it not that easy, you then have a high chance of losing the best feeling that you ever had. Love.

Love is not like a roller-coaster, because with a roller-coaster, you start on the ground, you are lifted high into the air, thrown and spun around, but you always land safely on your feet, at the end. Love can never guarantee that you'll land safely, but its much more fun, and far more exciting than any roller-coaster you could ever ride on!