An Addiction Story

“An addiction,” those were the last words she heard her parents say as she drove away. She clutched her camera and shut the tears from her eyes. They slid down her face like the river she was hoping to capture. Photography was the only thing in her life she was sure of now and she would live her dream, no matter how much it cost her. Her hands shook as she took the wheel and drove on to the airport and boarded a plane, the engine rumbling and leaving her in the sky, suspended like a drop of water. As she looked at the rain covered windows and felt the cold air in the plane wrap around her in a securing blanket she lifted the lense of the camera and saw the world through new eyes that she loved so much. The dark clouds and lightning, not far off, seemed to slow and she captured magical moments, when the web of lightning filled the clouds with just a click of a button. All of her despair from earlier that day melted away and she was caught in the workings of the camera and the world it captured. This plane ride was …show more content…
The choppy waters that they had traveled over had disappeared, as well as the land that she had always called home. She was a continent away from her family and the freedom that it gave bloomed in her chest longing to be set free in the wilderness that would soon be upon her. The feeling of the floor dropping out caught her by surprise and made her face go taunt. She gripped the side of her chair and looked over to see a kind old man, wrinkles lining his face smiling, “you can always tell the newbies, it will be fine just a little scary the first time.” Nodding stiffly she shut her eyes, all of her excitement gone replaced by a growing terror. A shock sent all of the passengers against their seat belts and the feel of ground below was evident. The ride was again smooth and she was able to breath out and relax her tensed