Life Cycle

Inhale, exhale. She told herself, Just inhale and exhale. It didn’t work. She tried to scream, but she didn’t make a sound. The silence foamed from her lips and surrounded her. Engulfed her. The light left her eyes slowly, and it entered the stars. The stars received the light graciously, thanking the girl for her gift as she lay still. They smiled, and sparkled until night turned to dawn. When the dawn burned away the night-time sky, the stars suffocated in the light. They fell, plunging into the ocean. Their light faded away, and was vaporized into the air. The stars became creatures which clung for dear life to rocks and the ocean floor. Their light supplied the sun, who obtained the light selfishly. The sun was content with the light it had gained. Below the sun was a girl, setting up to bask in the sun’s rays. The sun beat down upon her- it loathed the girl, and beat down harder. The heat of its rays wrapped around her, light transferring into her body and soul. And then, she began to breathe faster. Her heartbeat pumped harder, trying to supply her body with enough oxygen to keep her soul alive. But it wasn’t enough. Inhale, exhale. She told herself, Just inhale and exhale.