been there, done that

sounds outdated, cliché. There's got to be a fresher way to express the same sentiment.

Like every other time beforehand, today you observed but didn't partake. They described movement, euphoria. We ditched computers, phones, and televisions and watched the desert and mountains frame the sunset, rosy and mauve. Easy took away wrinkles that shouldn't have been there to begin with. Dusk's closing in meant a return to the city; we aren't built for the outside at all, really.

Juice, seize, scared. It's dark and the desert is suddenly all spines, shivers and teeth, not nearly as alluring as it'd been under the sun. Talk about self-revolution, the mind can turn hardened muscle into swiss cheese in the space between two heartbeats, for sure.

Good friends are the people who hold back your hand as you take off running towards the edge.