Rubik Cube ("Story") [short]

No one expects you to understand the things that run through their mind, as refreshing as a clear stream with rays of light that twinkle like daytime stars when it hits the water, as puzzling as a brain teaser, as calming as a cool day on the beach yet as nerve-wrecking as as an important test.

No one expects you to understand the swirl of emotions coursing through their heart. Confusion, puzzlement, excitement, apprehension, anticipation... How could you understand if they themselves don't?

Now that I think of it, its quite like a Rubik cube. You observe it, not sure if you should give it a try. What if you fail? But as you watch people twist and turn it, trying to crack the secret, to figure out the formula; as you watch it, in general, you grow more and more curious and you want more and more to give it a try.

Holding it in your hands, you keep trying to figure it out, trying everything imaginable. Sometimes you wish you could pull it apart and rearrange it the way you want it to be; perfect. Occasionally, it seems like you're on the right track. Other times, you're either totally clueless or so totally frustrated at the fact that this one thing can cause you so much headache. It can reach a point where you don't sleep, you don't eat; all you wanna do is get this right!

Depending on your commitment, your interest will fizzle after you screw it badly enough. Then you put it away for another day, for the day when it's charm and magnetism draws you deep again.

But then one day, when you pick it up again and as you progress, it seems to be going well. Sure, there are a few screw-ups but you don't give up because this time you're gonna get it. At least, that's what you tell yourself. You keep at it, working hard and doing what you think is right, following your heart and also your mind. You keep trying and then- you get it.

It's perfect. A solid cube with a single color on each of it's 3x3 sides. You're the envy of all who's ever tried to get what you've achieved but still cannot succeed.

Then the challenge continues. 4x4 Rubik cube. 5x5 Rubik cube. There's even a triangular one. You progress onto higher levels, onto more challenging levels. Sure it's hard but with the satisfaction you get and the high it gives you, what could get you down from your cloud 9?

A Rubik Cube... is alot like love...