text: &#x200B; I am at the top of the world. I swing and land perfectly on my feet, the cloud cheers, I can barely see them through the lights flashing on me, but I see enough. I hear the sound through the soles of my feet and jump, bringing my entire body down to the floor in one flawless movement, then I am back up again in a flash, the crowd goes wild. I love this. &#x200B; I am 5 years old, kneeling on my balcony with a piece of rock bigger then my hand resting near my feet. I am waiting for him to come, I wait endlessly for him to come so that I can drop this on his head. &#x200B; I just turned 18 today, it is magnificent, the world is whatever I want it to be, my friends are cheering me to come and join them, we are all going to have a great big party today, one to end all parties I am told. Today, we are adults, and the night and the world is ours. &#x200B; I am back at the stage, with what feels like a million eyes on me, everyone is cheering me on, it feels good, I do a back flip and almost fall on my ass, shit, no time for showing off, stick to the choreography. &#x200B; I am 12 years old. I am speaking to this girl I met at class, I was always too shy around her, and here she is, talking to me like we are the only two people in the world. I hear her words like music from her to me, a love letter of epic proportions, I don't know this, but this is the last time I will ever speak with her. &#x200B; I just woke up, I have the worst headache of all, I cannot think properly, there is so much pain, I try to look around only to stop due to an excruciating pain that goes through right side of my face, I look around, my eyes adjusting to my surroundings, its cold, its white, I see the face of my mother who seems to have just woken up with tears in her eyes, I want to say something but I can't, something is stopping me from doing so. &#x200B; I am 14 years old, I just told my best friend something and he betrayed me like it was nothing. I am heart broken and I have nothing to live for, I stand at the edge of the roof looking down, thinking how much it will hurt if I jump. &#x200B; I jump... The crowd erupts in wild applause like they have seen nothing like it, I can hear their thunderous roar through the air, I smile and let my body go into a slow rhythm, letting a wave of predictable motion take over it to get ready for the end, they will love the finale. &#x200B; I am 80 years old, I look at my 6 month old great grand child in my arms, the people I love have surrounded me and keep talking, but I cannot hear any of them, I just look at this beautiful angel holding on to my finger and looking at me quizzically, like I am some new toy she has to figure out. &#x200B; I am 27 years old, I keep falling and missing the timings, its just me here at 3:43 in the morning, I get up and try again, its so exhausting, maybe they were all right, maybe I can never do this, I think to myself as I am lying there covered in sweat and my body just telling me to let it be and rest. Just go home and rest. I stand again. &#x200B; With one final triumph I finish my song with the best moves that we had planned, and the entire crowd stand up in unison and starts yelling something, I can finally see them now as the lights have come up in the auditorium. I am sweating profusely, but my body is still electric, I feel I can do the entire thing again and again without stopping, someone comes on stage and tells me something, I cannot understand them, the adrenaline is pumping through my body making me feel light headed, but I shake their hands, and bow in front of the audience, I am crying right now, but my tears are mixed with my sweat, I don't think anyone notices. No one but her. &#x200B; I am 19 years old. I am told I will never hear again. It won't be till much later that I learn, that the damage to my nerves and ears was so bad that I cannot even use any artificial hearing devices. My mother keeps crying, but I don't shed a single tear, I have to be strong. I hold on to her and tell her I love her, as I say this, I cannot hear my own words, but when I hug her I feel her small frame shivering against mine, I smile and tell her its ok, that everything will be alright. &#x200B; I name my great grand child. &#x200B; \ &#x200B; Hi, thank you so much for reading, even if you didn't like it, in that case, please tell me what you didn't like. I am writing after a looooong time, and reddit feels like a second home now, so, would love to hear what you guys think. &#x200B; All criticism welcome, constructive or otherwise, but I would like to know where I went wrong as I am not really a, "writer" in the conventional sense of the word. &#x200B; Please tell me what you though, what could have been better, did you see the ending coming? was there something I could have done to make it better? or any other questions I might have missed.