the wrong path

narritive poem

Fatima Edwards
Ms. McKoy
English 2
October 3,2013

The struggle to breathe

1 puff, 2 puff, 3 puff,4…..

There goes the little boy standing by the door

 

Lungs crumbling as we speak

His inside blackening by the minute

His heart is getting weaker and weaker

That boy was me

 

Longing for fresh air,I do not seek

Confused?

Why can this be?

 

Who could have caused this?

Was I in harms way?

 

1 puff, cough, cough

The pain I feel in my lungs

Bronchitis knocking at my door

He`s let himself in….

In to damage, to damage my lungs

2 puffs, cough, cough

Wheezing

I can hear it, it sounds a like a babys rattle

Deeper and deeper it goes

 

3 puffs, cough, cough

This funny feeling I get as I breathe

My chest is tight

It feels like a brick is pressing down on me

 

4 puffs cough, cough

My time is almost runned out

Emptiness is what I feel inside

Im alone in the cold, cold world

 

I can no longer fight this battle anymore

I grown weaker and weaker

My journey is done…

 

Help!

I cant breathe

Please someone, anyone

Help me!..... dead

The struggle to breathe

 

letter to the editor

HCS Early College High School

2050 Highway 501 E

Conway, SC 29528

P.O. Box 261966

Phone: 843-349-7102

The Sun News,
Letter to the Editor,
P.O. Box 406,
Myrtle Beach, SC 29578

 

 Dear Editor-in-chief:

I am writing to you about an Issue that I feel is relevant to many citizens.  Smoking around public buildings is not a good activity to do.  Our families and friends do not want to walk through smoke. Smoking around public buildings as an issue, it causes health problems.  Not only is this second hand smoked, but it is also harming the bystander that walks through it the second hand smoke.  A common form of sickness from second hand smoking is lung cancer. While smokers are continuing to smoke around public buildings, they are killing citizens at the same time.  

To make smoking around public buildings enactive, Smokers have to realize what they are doing to other citizens. They need to think about the health of the bystanders. I write this to you so it is made known to the pubic how bad this situation is.

Sincerely,

Fatima Edwards