Nowhere Bound

This is a short essay I wrote about the song Runaway Train by Soul Asylum and how it ties into my life.

Nowhere Bound

You've almost derailed...again. Where are you headed this time? Life likes to play tricks with my mind. Here one moment gone the next. Time flies by before I can grasp it and understand what happened.

At some point I think everyone has wanted to runaway from what is bothering them. Whether it be school, friends, or just life in general. Only problem is what if you want to runway from yourself?

There have been so many times when I've wanted to runaway from myself, but how do I go about doing so when I keep following me? Like the song says “Seems like I should be getting somewhere, somehow I'm neither here nor there,” you can't escape yourself. No matter how far you run if you are your own worst enemy the world will become numb to you while you sit trapped in you own battle zone.

Finally there comes a point in life where you just have to accept that you can't change what's going to happen. Good things happen but so do bad. That's just how life works. When you come to the realization of reality you seem to look insane. Being insane is just not being normal, and whose to say what normal really is no one knows for sure. I love rainy days does that mean I'm insane no it just means I'm not like the other million people who like sunny days.

To me this song is like a map to life; after you've become lost to yourself it's what helps you find your way. Everyone has there own life story some are longer then others. Some go without end and some end without clarification lost with no end. Friends and family could try and tell my story, but I know things that they don't.