I decided to start my blog with a short story I wrote the other day. It was a spur of the moment thing inspired by Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson and my younger sister.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
I can feel it. Dust and dirt. The world’s pollution. Bouncing off the walls of my lungs. The wood smoke particles swelling. So small. Tiny molecules. Itching. Irritating. Infesting.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Did you know our atmosphere is made up of only 29.95% oxygen? So little. So many people. So many lungs. All together. Sucking. Breathing. Consuming. 78.09% Nitrogen. 0.93% Argon. 0.039% carbon dioxide.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
I read somewhere, that you can stretch your lungs over an entire football field. How do they know that? Did they take someone’s lungs and stretch it until you could see the tiny air sacs? I wonder whose lungs they used.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
His chest rises. Falls. His nose flares. Flattens. Her lips part slightly. In and out and in and out. She’s a mouth breather. The little kid has his fingers up his nose. He’s a mouth breather too.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Your lungs. Another organ. Another part of your body. Small. Insignificant. You breathe. In and out. Natural. Normal. No thought. It all flows. The oxygen in your blood. Through the heart. Around your brain. It keeps you alive.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Don’t stop breathing. You’ll die if you do. Your body will start failing. No oxygen passing through the tiny tunnels of your beating, pumping heart. The blood won’t be rich in the life source, when it gets to your brain. And you will die. Slowly. One minute. Two minutes. Three minutes. Four minutes. Five minutes. Brain dead. If you’re unlucky, your brain will die at three.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Have you tried holding your breath? Do you feel it? The faint feeling in your head. The way your blood and heart slow down. The world goes blurry. And if you hold your breath long enough you might just faint. You might just die.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
It doesn’t take the people on TV five minutes to die. When their suffocated and strangled, I mean. It takes a minute, maybe two. Don’t they know? Or do people on TV die faster. But then, I suppose, I’ll get bored if I watched a person die for five minutes.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
I’ve tried, you know. To stop my brain. I chicken out though. I reckon I will try again.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Hold you breath. Keep it inside. Don’t breathe. Don’t make a sound.
One minute.
Two minutes..
Three minutes...
Four minutes....
Brain Dead.
They got it wrong, you know. It took me four minutes to go brain dead.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
I can feel it. Dust and dirt. The world’s pollution. Bouncing off the walls of my lungs. The wood smoke particles swelling. So small. Tiny molecules. Itching. Irritating. Infesting.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Did you know our atmosphere is made up of only 29.95% oxygen? So little. So many people. So many lungs. All together. Sucking. Breathing. Consuming. 78.09% Nitrogen. 0.93% Argon. 0.039% carbon dioxide.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
I read somewhere, that you can stretch your lungs over an entire football field. How do they know that? Did they take someone’s lungs and stretch it until you could see the tiny air sacs? I wonder whose lungs they used.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
His chest rises. Falls. His nose flares. Flattens. Her lips part slightly. In and out and in and out. She’s a mouth breather. The little kid has his fingers up his nose. He’s a mouth breather too.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Your lungs. Another organ. Another part of your body. Small. Insignificant. You breathe. In and out. Natural. Normal. No thought. It all flows. The oxygen in your blood. Through the heart. Around your brain. It keeps you alive.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Don’t stop breathing. You’ll die if you do. Your body will start failing. No oxygen passing through the tiny tunnels of your beating, pumping heart. The blood won’t be rich in the life source, when it gets to your brain. And you will die. Slowly. One minute. Two minutes. Three minutes. Four minutes. Five minutes. Brain dead. If you’re unlucky, your brain will die at three.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Have you tried holding your breath? Do you feel it? The faint feeling in your head. The way your blood and heart slow down. The world goes blurry. And if you hold your breath long enough you might just faint. You might just die.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
It doesn’t take the people on TV five minutes to die. When their suffocated and strangled, I mean. It takes a minute, maybe two. Don’t they know? Or do people on TV die faster. But then, I suppose, I’ll get bored if I watched a person die for five minutes.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
I’ve tried, you know. To stop my brain. I chicken out though. I reckon I will try again.
Breathe.
In.
Out.
Through the nose and out the mouth.
Hold you breath. Keep it inside. Don’t breathe. Don’t make a sound.
One minute.
Two minutes..
Three minutes...
Four minutes....
Brain Dead.
They got it wrong, you know. It took me four minutes to go brain dead.
This is really good. The imagery is amaaing, your picture painted perfectly. Great job! You should write more, your blog is looking lonely. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Haha, yeah, I've been busy with school and things so I haven't had the chance to update. I'll work on something and post it soon, hopefully.
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