The_World_In_A_Drop_Of_Water

The World In A Drop Of Water I was drowning, water slowly filling my lungs, but I didn’t care. Light from the sun cascaded through the rippling water and danced on every underwater surface. Everything was calm and peaceful. This would be my last memory on Earth and it was a beautiful sight to see. It was as if time had frozen and I was witness to the majesty of the moment. I thought of nothing and felt nothing save the cool water gently swirling across my skin. It was absolutely gorgeous. That’s when time decided to start again, and it did it at full force. My throat closed up and my eyes burned from the chlorine. I was forcing water out of my lungs only to fill them with even more water. I was frantic and thrashing towards the surface. The light, which had been so beautiful before, was now taunting me safely above the surface, beckoning me with a voice that betrayed it’s thoughts. It knew I wouldn’t make it…I couldn’t make it and it was just toying with me. Then I was free, sweet air flooded every pore on my face and air filled my lungs. In my efforts to stay afloat I inhaled a water, again, air, canyon, river, going, about, time, one, out, now, back, around, waterfall, life, lazy, innertube, day, wall, surface, saw, porch, nothing, needed, lungs, little, it’s, front, fear, everything, every, didn’t, been, way, through, six