The cooling...

I think one of the worst emotions to go through in life is a cooling. It's like going down the runway at moc speed, and as I try to put extra umph into the last lap and progress into the thick of the race, moving with the winning crowd, my car starts to slow down. There is really nothing I can do about the backwards force pulling at my bumper. Why is it the word "cool" has connotations of awesomeness, while if people are cold, they loose what affections they had towards another? Then there is the thing about being hot- if someone calls you hot, you are cool for being good looking. On the other hand, if your husband says you've been cooling over the years, its time to see a marriage counselor. It's an early frost on feeling ruining the crop of relationships that have taken so long to plant. Cooling could be the equivalent of disinterest, forgetfulness, loss of heart, loss of feeling- loss of blood. Its a life force being ripped out of the corners of my happiness. I can't stand the cooling.
"This is cooling faster than I can." -The Cooling by Tori Amos