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Personal Narrative: A Short Story

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Alex gazed outside window, viewing the magnificent storm going on outside. For some odd reason storms such as these, always soothed him. He stared at his bottle and noticed that he had little left. “I can't take this no more.” thought Alex Alex proceed to getting his sharp knife from underneath his mattress, to which he then went to the speakers and started playing his favorite track. Redbone by Childish Gambino. It gave him the vibe that everything was going to be all right. He started making his way down to the bathroom. He turned on the bathtub, and watched how the water cascaded down filling the tub. “What a nice way to go.” Alex slowly began taking his clothes, while also avoiding to let the tear fall down from his eyes. “There's no turning …show more content…

SLASH SLASH SLASH Each cut began to cut even deeper into his flesh more than the previous one. For a second he glanced down, and was astonished that the water had turned into a crimson red. His vision was turning heavy. It felt as if he hadn't slept in over a week. His hearing also began depleting. The last thing that he heard was the last lines of the song playing. “But stay woke. Dudes creepin. They gonna find you. Gonna catch you sleeping. Now stay woke. Now don’t close your eyes,” He sang along with the song, and that's when he started feeling it. For some odd reason he knew that his time was quickly approaching. He felt as if death were cradling him, much like a mother to her newborn son, but he knew that he wasn't coming back from sleep. It was an eternal slumber. And with his last thoughts, everything turned black. Nothing but a vast void followed for a couple of days. Alex began waking up from the mess that he had caused. He was completely dumbfounded as to where he was. He noticed that there were other people in the room with him. “What in the world were you thinking Alex? Why would you even consider doing something so stupid and

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