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You Can't Escape

Ralph stares into space. His subconscious is screaming at him,  “How did you get into this situation?  How are you going to fix things?  Why does my life suck so badly?”   The voice is deafening.  His stomach continues to flex and loosen like he is going to vomit all over himself.  He can feel the anxiety deep inside giving him the sensation he has to urinate.  Flash card images pop in and out of his conscious; they show all the decisions he’s made.  One right after the other as if they had all occurred in the same rapid succession, but they didn’t…they occurred over the span of his life. The line from a Led Zeppelin song begins to bounce around in his head…”it’s never to late to change the road you’re on…it’s never to late to change the road you’re on…it’s never to late to change the road you’re on….”  Ralph knew better…he had contemplated getting off his metaphoric road …but he was never able to make the change.  Could Zeppelin be wrong? Was it just some 60’s hype?  Why couldn’t he