Samson Brown, 13Cary, NC Overwhelming Panic Samson Brown, 13 Sickness Darkness Silence The muffled tones Of my friend voices Words I don’t understand Sounds I wish not to hear The Darkness all around me, Swallowing me Is this death? No breath escapes my lips My chest aches I know I should breathe But I can’t I hear My friends’ voices Behind me They don’t know They don’t know I’m being swallowed And they’re blissfully Ignorant They do not know My pain My heartache The suffocating They do not know Do they even know I’m here? Maybe I should call for help But they don’t answer They don’t know I’m gone now No one can help me Not breathing Not moving Yet shaking, somehow Maybe that’s how I know I am still alive But I’m not Both Alive And Dead But neither Somewhere In-between
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Daily Creativity #96 | Flash Contest: Write a Backwards Story
Write a story backwards. In other words, start with the conclusion, then explain what happened that led up to the action or event.
Gas Mask, a poem by Madi Frank, 11
Gas Mask Madi Frank, 11 One last breath Take it in One last moment Life flashes by Never going to see the light Break the silence Shrieks for their life Put it down Never going back I can’t breathe Smoke fills the air You can’t see the light Will it ever end? Face full of fog Can’t see anything Dizzy Light headed One Two Three Gone Madison Frank, 11Valley Glen, CA
