7 Minutes Until Heaven

I am actually using this for my essay to apply for college. These are the seven things that stick out most in my mind.

12:01. It is a girl. This is my time of innocence and purity. A time I do not remember, but can only put the pieces together from the stories I have heard.

12:02. It has only been a minute, but suddenly I am in second grade. These days are pretty blurry, but I see a tiny blonde haired girl who I call my best friend.

Barbies,

Smiles,

Arts and crafts.

Mermaids,

and plenty of random laughs.

12:03. I see the body of my dead grandfather. He looks emotionless, and his face looks like plastic. Empty and alone. They close the casket, and he is gone forever.

12:04. Crushes, heart breaks, and kisses, gives me a taste of what I have been missing. Writing, expressing, drawing as I begin to embrace the world. Exploring, creating, searching, I have forever to find who I am.

12:05. That little blonde haired girl has been so distant lately.

She traded Barbies for bottles,

while I was replaced by her newborn baby.

12:06. I only have one more minute. My mind is going crazy, and I am finally beginning to feel like I am where I am supposed to be. I did not have as much time as I intended. It is too soon and I am not ready to go. I went from hating the world, to never loving something so much. The world that has given me my muse is slowly vanishing right before my eyes.

I am finally becoming an artist.

12:07. I see myself dancing around the kitchen with my niece, 

Content.

Stressed.

ApplicationsFutureArtSchoolMoneyBroke,

Crying.

Laughing.

My emotions are spiraling out of control.

…Blackness. 

And finally, everything I have ever known is gone.

 

They say that when you die, your brain is still active and works for seven more minutes. In those seven minutes you supposedly recount all that has happened to you in your life. The memories are not always positive and you cannot pick the ones you see. Now, what memories would you hope to replay if your mind suddenly went dark, and you could no longer see?

Author's Note

Any grammar problems or sentences that sounds weird

Reviews

[ANTO]

Wow! I thought you were recounting your life as if making a point in how fast it flies by Beccy but when I read the explanation at the bottom I just sat back - mouth open - Wow, what storytelling. A great concept and extremely well executed. More like this please - Im hungry