The roaring of the loud crowd surrounds me like an ambush of tigers sucking out my inner anxiousness to paint an impeccable picture of itself on my face. I feel the adrenaline rushing in my blood and crawling creepily at the speed of light to the blood vessels in my face. My temperature rises as if my cheeks were slowly absorbing the heat from a hot stove. I support the weight of high expectations on my shoulder from myself and my family. I get onto my starting block and after every second going by I can hear my heart beating in my own ears so deafeningly as if it were pounding on my ribcage to rip free from my chest. I concentrate on gulping as much of oxygen I can accommodate in my mouth like a lion deprived of food and is ferociously stuffing
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My ears await like soldiers given strict instruction to signal my entire body when the shuttering sound of the gun going off piercing into my ears like being beside a firework display with no …show more content…
There is a battle between my mind and body where my body is slowing down the speed but my mind is demanding it to keep up with it like a mother yelling at her young child for a wrongdoing. To ensure my rank in the race, I tilt my head to the right and then the left to assure no one passes me. No one. I feel more confident in myself and the feeling of win blossoms within me. A burst of excitement sparks which allows me to run faster. Unexpectedly, I see a tiny speck of color from the corner of my eye. I start to panic. No one dares to pass by me. No, it can’t. I put in every last ounce of energy to allow me to go faster but my body is not responding to it. The muddled speck quickly forms into racing hands going back and forth and a face with hair trying to strangle it. Not too long after do I realize it is my competitor who took their first step to beating me in this race. She gave no hint or a trailer for her movie. There is no time for me to react since the red ribbon hugs around her stomach and her right foot crosses the thick white paint and mine follows. I am left stunned with emotions left inside of me and a feeling of defeat arises as if a brave warrior came to me to shoot his last arrow to pierce my heart as it will be his
My ears await like soldiers given strict instruction to signal my entire body when the shuttering sound of the gun going off piercing into my ears like being beside a firework display with no …show more content…
There is a battle between my mind and body where my body is slowing down the speed but my mind is demanding it to keep up with it like a mother yelling at her young child for a wrongdoing. To ensure my rank in the race, I tilt my head to the right and then the left to assure no one passes me. No one. I feel more confident in myself and the feeling of win blossoms within me. A burst of excitement sparks which allows me to run faster. Unexpectedly, I see a tiny speck of color from the corner of my eye. I start to panic. No one dares to pass by me. No, it can’t. I put in every last ounce of energy to allow me to go faster but my body is not responding to it. The muddled speck quickly forms into racing hands going back and forth and a face with hair trying to strangle it. Not too long after do I realize it is my competitor who took their first step to beating me in this race. She gave no hint or a trailer for her movie. There is no time for me to react since the red ribbon hugs around her stomach and her right foot crosses the thick white paint and mine follows. I am left stunned with emotions left inside of me and a feeling of defeat arises as if a brave warrior came to me to shoot his last arrow to pierce my heart as it will be his