The Incredible Off-Road Journey from Start to Finish
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
An adventure decades in the makings
Three to be much more precise
A tale as old as time of a girl
Who never went anywhere beyond her couch
Addicted to the glory days of other risk takers
Stuck in an endless whirlpool of fear and regret
Petrified to step off the well worn spot in the sofa
Basically became a piece of macramé on the nearby ottoman
Sweat soaked sweatpants pattern resembled something
Out of a frat boy's dorm room after one too many parties
Time to step out into the dirt road terrain of Joshua Tree
Something off the beaten path to get in touch with nature
And swirling hurricane going on inside this lifeforce
Wondered if it was manufactured or a longtime coming
Hard to tell what's going on with this program sometimes
Especially if the closed captioning is on the fritz again
Impossible to determine how many viewers will remain
To support this show if it goes off the rails one more time
Determined to remain somewhat on the path
Of this rickety drawbridge that sways way too much to the left
Knees trembling when noticed parts were missing
Taking a deep breath and focused on the hour ahead
Nothing more or less
Completely emotionally and physically numb
To everything tangible and otherwise
Cannot focus on what lies underneath
For fear of the dam inside bursting for good
Foundation rocked to its core too many times
Secretly aware that this journey into unparalleled darkness
Will lead to some semblance of light at the end of this Holland Tunnel
Just wait too impatient to get to the end of this emotional labyrinth
Tired of the rollercoaster that's might be imaginary
Wanted to find some equal footing and a reason
To do more than just stay vertical
Ready to go outside and throw out that worn out couch for good!