Breathe

Vocabulary:
1.) Boisterous: adj. Loud and full of energy
2.) Verdant: adj. Green in tint or color
3.) Confection: n. A sweet, fancy food
4.) Pallid: adj. Lacking color
5.) Cadence: n. A rhythm, progression of sound
6.) Arid: adj. Excessively dry
7.)Tortuous: adj. Winding
8.) Frenetic: adj. Frenzied, hectic, frantic
9.) Iridescent: adj. Showing rainbow colors
10.) Wispy: adj. Weak or light


Breathe

Lost. Very Lost. The boisterous and frenetic kids surrounded and enveloped me. No, not kids. Giants. Giants swaying to the cadence of the loud, obnoxious music. Overwhelmed by the smell of sweet and greasy confections of cotton candy, funnel cakes, and candied apples. I wanted to scream. I couldn’t breathe. The tortuous maze of the metal dragon seemed to slice through the arid night, almost ready to engulf me, or anyone in its path. I couldn’t scream, so I ran. Past the laughing faces that seemed to mock my childish ways, at my pallid face dripping with salty, tormenting tears. My ears were numbed by the rhythmic melody of buzzers and alarms, and ringers, laughing at me. A verdant flash lingered the corner of my eye. I stopped. An iridescent sign that read exit flickered twice, and then ceased all together. I walked. I walked toward freedom without the slightest hesitation. All of a sudden, my humid skin felt the first wispy kiss of the night’s wind. I shivered and then sighed. Air. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.