which one?

have you ever wanted to just pinch yourself because you simply can't believe something? or can't get a grip on if it is real or not? can life throw such curve balls, you feel you are constantly ducking and trying desperately to get the heck out of the way? is it possible for emotions to ride the waves of time and go up, then down, and then in what seems like an instant, go back up again?

our lives seem like never ending metaphors.

metaphor: Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something.

examples of metaphors..
HYPNOTIC FASCINATION
WINDOWS INTO THE MIND
A MIRROR OF MANKIND
A CLEAN SLATE
SENDS MY THOUGHTS SOARING
A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
EXPRESSION OF CHOICE
VOID IN THEIR HEART
ABANDONING THE ROAD

on the other hand, similes are when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."

examples of similes....
LIKE AN UNREHEARSED PLAY
LIKE BLUE CHAMPAGNE
LIKE A SLOW AND SILENT MIDNIGHT TRAIN
LIKE A VISIT TO ANOTHER PLANET
LIKE WATER INTO A SPONGE
FEELS LIKE PARADISE
MOVED LIKE A WHISPER
LIKE CARDBOARD IN THE RAIN
LIKE A GREAT STORM CLOUD OVER THE SEA

which one is a better way to describe our lives....metaphors or similes?