by XS, Sacramento
What is life? What is the meaning of life? That is the question I ask myself every day. At age ten is when I lost my brother. It made me numb to life. I didn’t understand why. What is life? Being shot in the face at eleven, I realized not everyone lives through this.
What is life? Having my mom put me into the system was the beginning of my downfall. Going through it, I saw it as a game. I saw it as a game sixteen times because I thought it was daycare. I was not doing the time. I was letting the time do me. What is life?
August of 2020, my life flashed before my eyes. I was on life support for three days and in a coma for eight days. But for those eleven days, I don’t know what my family was thinking.
I don’t know what my family was saying. Coming out of the come, I had one person on my side. The one person was my dad. Waking up out of the coma, I was confused. I did not know what happened.
Life for me now is me getting a job. Life is me earning this high school diploma. Life is perseverance. Life is everything happens for a reason. Life is making me who I am today. Life is delicate. Life is a journey. Life is a series of choices. Life is a feeling.
Life is something that many people do not cherish. Life is temporary. Life is about experiences and qualifications. Life is me finding my meaning. Life is more than these four walls. Life is more than me holding myself back.