My heart beats loud, and slow

1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2

Mind spirals, anything I thought could possibly

go wrong plays over, and over, like a broken record player.

The roller coaster begins and my mind begins to

regret her life choices. It slowly intimidates me, with each

foot it climbs up.

With a dramatic, unnecessary pause before my death

sentence, the cart pushes forward, while everyone

screams and waves their hands, I squeeze into a ball, with

the hyperactive butterflies dancing in my stomach

Making me sick.

The ride stops ... I’m still alive?

I’m not doing that again.

Jaelyn Baxter

Age 14, Grade 8

Trexler Middle School

Allentown School District