A Place Without People Essay Example

continue: front-yard swings are still swinging, balls are rolling aimlessly down the street, an old person's record player gives out the sound of a soloing Prima Donna and a television looks as if it has been invaded by monochromatic bees and wasps.

I step onto one of the yards. In this newfound twilight the grass has a whole new shade of green: blue-ish, but with a touch of purple, and yellow and red. I look the flowerbeds and, strangely, am not surprised to find flowers with faces. "Where is everyone? " I ask. The flowers answer in a chorus of high-pitched voices, as if a group of eight year-olds swallowed helium. "They're not here! " "This isn't right. What is this place? " The moment the question escapes my lips, everything merges into a blur and starts spinning around me.

I clasp my head as it starts to ache. Then, suddenly, it all goes black. I wake up in a daze. Examining my surroundings, I find myself back in the alley, with signs of life coming from the street. Sitting up, I notice I am surrounded by hand-rolled cigarettes which, upon closer inspection, are filled with marijuana. I dig through my pockets only to find pills and some powder. I think about the place I visited and whisper to myself “I don't know where I was, but I know how I got there and I am never going back.

I know at times we want a peaceful place to rest but it’s for the best. A place without people can be terrifying, frightening and scary when you try to imagine it whether

it’s on the moon, deserted, the abyss, inside the lizard, haunted house, after the war or inside the pyramid. We are used to the people around us. It can be peaceful at times but terrifying for us. But I think that we are not used the silence and peaceful places. Silence can sometimes kill you. Name: Azzah Shuja Class: IX - A