Have you ever known better? You knew better. Every bone in your body told you not to, but you ignored it. You wanted it. It loomed before you like the great city of Oz. Only less green. You put your rose-colored glasses on with relish and stepped forward.
Soon, you were clawing at the wall.s of that city which had seemed to promise you everything you'd dreamed of. It was suffocating.
You found yourself walking the streets of the city, in the rain. The darkness seemed to consume you. Everything you had worked for, everything you'd expected, was stripped away from you and here you were: alone, naked, freezing in the acid rain of the very place that held all your dreams.
You couldn't get out; you were in too deep now. Your heart pounded heavily and breathing became harder. Your true desires were for nothing more than food, air, shelter. But your wants- oh, they were so much more.
It wasn't fair! Some people got all the glory, all the luck, all the good fortune. The nice houses, the great cars, the fabulous jobs, the loving spouses. All you ever got was a rent receipt and another student loan bill. You'd done just as much as they had! You'd poured your soul into it! Why did you always get the short end of the stick when other people were so stinking lucky?
You couldn't help feeling deserted in the world, as if no one could understand your yearning for more. There had to be more to life than working yourself to death. You felt like you'd been driven out to the desert and stranded there.
Stranded.
The meaning of the word struck an uncomfortable chord in your heart. So stranded, in fact, that you couldn't even remember the way home.
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