Tear it All Down

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I never wanted to grow up in a world that was ravaged. I never asked to be born into a small minded town. I never had the choice to choose my own future.

So I'll just tear it all down.

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Life is pretty simple right now. If you count an asteroid deemed K-272828 that almost crashed into Earth almost fifty years ago and a now-harmless Orange Fever that quadrupled the size of wild animals, shrunk domesticated ones, killed over half our planet, and disintegrated all man made objects, then yeah, it's pretty simple.

Dodging marriage expectations, chasing university dreams, running from government officials, and juggling normal daily life tasks is a lot for a kid of only seventeen. Times have changed, schooling is no longer required, kids are needed at home to work the farms, electricity and any source of moving mechanics are all abolished. It set America back about a thousand years. Now with the U.S trying to rebuild, political borders are being drawn, tensions are rising, and riots are becoming more frequent.

The common world is no longer survivable by everyone- it's survival of the fittest.

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EXCERPT-

Branches break and get trampled in my wake as I crash through the dense trees surrounding and blinding my already limited vision.

Almost there.
Almost there.
Almost there.

It's kind of become my daily life chant. Or, "one foot in front of the other." Or "just get through the day." Or, this is a serious one I save for when I run in the mornings, "the mind is your only limitation." I came up with that myself. I have one more, I know, I have a lot, it's what helps me through my day, "if you don't get your fat ass moving right now you'll be eaten and you'll never find yourself a man." That's the biggest one.

Back to me running for my life...