Up and down.
We live a roller coaster life.
Fun and scary, exhilarating and exhausting.
We cry, we fight, we love.
In the end, I wouldn't take back a thing.
It all starts with...

We're born.
Twinkling eyes opening for the first time to a bright and big world.
Staring up into the eyes of a mother, your mother, crying with joy.
And your smiling father.
They cradle you delicately in their arms as they take you home, cooing.
We throw up. We crawl. We giggle.
We say our first word.
Months pass.
We shriek and chase our siblings around the house in a game of hide and seek.
We enter school.
We make friends, and feel a part of things.
We get bullied, or bully. We lose friends, and gain more.
We join a soccer team. We win our first art award.
We find our first love... staring into their eyes thinking: I want to be with you forever.
You wonder how you could ever live without them.
... We have our first heartbreak.
Months pass.
The depression sets in. We miss them.
They have a new girlfriend, your neighbor.
We move on.
We find happiness in doing other things.
After 12 years, we graduate. (Hallehlujah!)
We look ahead, full of hopes and dreams.
Our life is just beginning.

We age.
We find a job and climb the corporate ladder.
We're married with kids, and constantly stressed, yet we find happiness.
The pile of things we never accomplish begins to pile up.
All the places we wanted to travel to, things we want to cross off our bucket list, forgotten.
Our kids grow up and leave the house.
You're alone with your partner.
Life has grown quiet and peaceful.
You spend Sunday afternoons bathing in the sun reading a romance novel.
Contemplating over the life you've lived.
All the things you gained, and lost. All you're happy for.
You're partner passes.
The darkness closes in. You're alone.
No longer will you feel his breath on your neck,
smell his scent on his sweaters as he walks by.
Laugh  at his jokes, that have never grown old.
You cry and stare as they lower him into the ground.
Whispers escape your lips "I'll always love you".

It is your time.
You look up into the sky one day, breathing your last breath
Using it to say "I'll see you soon, love".
the lights fade.
You're heartbeat slows.
The soft breeze of wind through the trees overtakes you.
Soul flying up to the heavens.
We die.

Life is a precious thing.
Live it well, because it only comes around once.
Don't live it filled with regrets.