Weasel1966

I like running with scissors. Gives me a rush when I live on the edge like that.

But how far from the truth is it really?

My addictions are only a misstep away from impaling me.

The risks are mine to bear.

So what made it obvious to me that maybe this will all turn out very very terribly?

Could it be when I turned in the scissors for a hunting knife?

By then I was a sprinter!

But oh no.... I wasn't done there. I leaned how to do hurdles with a machete!

Right there.... right there is real talent!

Oddly....I kept pace and rhythm enough to keep all of the important appendages.

But there it was up ahead..... The finish line....the race could be won.... Won by a psycho machete wielding hurdler......

But then something happened.

Something big..... I inexplicably stopped before I crossed that line. I stopped running. I laid down the machete. I looked around. And I walked away.

No one wins this race I thought. No one.

Elisabeth888

I loved that book.

Weasel1966

Just looked up the book.... Never heard of it. Looks interesting. I will have to download it.

K

Dee74

same title as your thread, by Augusten Burroughs.
I think you'd like it Ken

I don't miss dancing on the edge of a razor blade anymore.
I was always trying to prove something....to others and to myself.

I don't need to anymore

D

pipparina

good morning K,

I am very glad you put that machete down. I guess is would be a 50/50 chance of impaling on scissors, but I think a machete pretty much guarantees death and destruction.

Hope your week is serene!

soberjim

Weasel...I really liked that post. It made me stop and think...

Jim

Weasel1966

Hey dee.... I edited my note. It does look interesting to read.

I was just in a mood this morning so this came out. Rather cyclical and not very uplifting. Lol

Thanks for the info.

K

Elisabeth888

I LOVE Augusten Burroughs. I am certain we would be pals if I knew him. I love his sense of humorous and his wackiness.

IndaMiricale

Good stuff.

FreeFall

Ken, you're going to have to turn all of this into a book. You have a gift for writing!

There's a fine line between living on the edge and falling off the ledge.

Weasel1966

Thanks FF..... I woke up in a pissy mood. I did not want to hold on to it so I wrote my feelings down. This is my version of that. I feel better.

Glad you liked it.

There is a fine line. But I found it got thicker by being sober.