stairs. never ending,downward spiraling stairs. once i start making my way to the top, I always trip. then I see a door. maybe this is my way out. but the door just leads to another room of stairs. upside down, right side up, sideways. it never stops. then I meet someone. both of us filled with happiness. then we forget where we are. nothing else matters. then they tumbled. all the way down. and I never saw them again. then more, and more, and more, stairs grew.