Hurricanes: A Personal Narrative

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“Alright, I’ve got this just Algebra. Got to wright my name, Scarlett. Now number one yeah… I should have paid attention huh? Eh I’ll just do it later. I’ve got nothing to lose anyway. I can’t lose much else huh… I can’t live like this. Everyday… everyone… just like the rest! What’s the point I ask! What’s the point God! I try, I fail. Why live! I have no purpose, no right to my life, so why am I living? Why…? Maybe it’s them; it’s supposed to be this way…No no… I know, don’t blame them. I did it again… all my fault… it’s me. He was right anyway…”

Thoughts were tornadoes as they twisted and twirled a sad dance in her mind. It wasn’t her fault; not this time. She didn’t mean to think; no, but how could she not think about it? It worsened. The weather has changed; a hurricane has swept through her mind. It ripped apart her mental barriers she made to save herself. The hurricane made her mind broken as the hurricane’ s flood ran down her face. That was the only proof of the internal damage until she wiped it away promising herself to not shed another tear about the same old thing, ever.

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