I'll See You Soon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsz-EeNZBkI&NR=1

The mountains peeking through the trees in my aunt and uncle's backyard is my favorite sight in all of the world. Mountains are the best, especially the ones in Brightwood, Virginia, but sometimes, we don't always get the luxury mountains provide. Plateaus are what we get served, instead. Similar to mystery meat instead of the angus thick-burger. We don't receive simply constructed, triangular shapes of Christmas trees and birthday hats, or simply put, mountains. Occasionally, we get plateaus, a trapezoid with curved legs, as if trapezoids aren't complicated enough.
Miley Cyrus was wrong, it's the climb, but the view isn't great, because once you reach the top, you have to amble to the other edge to see it. Plateaus require you to endure struggles, persevere despite everything telling you to give in, but then once you get to the top, there is no easy hike down. Instead, a walk of shame lies ahead. Lost is your dad's life, your mother's employment, you and your sister's relationship, your few Hopes and you are to meander across this area with the anxieties that were supposed to be gone once you reached the top. You've buckled up to everything thrown at you, become stronger and awaited looking down on all you overcame. The view is always great. But not on plateaus.
Life throws plateaus to the best of us and we don't see that they are until we reach the top. I pull myself across the threshold to the top, finally leaving behind all the pain, and a plane lies in front of me. I have to keep going, sauntering the distance of plateau's top, the burdens continuously weighing down harder and harder on my petite shoulders. When the worst is upon me, I have to wear it for the duration of my walk, like a Vote For Pedro! t-shirt.
That's why plateaus suck. There is no climax, no real success. The top is reached but it's like getting first place in the second heat: meager and unimportant. The climb is everlasting, the meandering taking more time than the hike itself. Mountains though, offer more, a reward at the apex, one well-deserved and significant. Mountains are the Blue Ribbon at the State Championship, in the first heat. But bye-bye mountains, I'm stuck on a plateau now, and I hope to see you and that ribbon real soon.