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Apr 2018 · 196
Breathing
Astronaut Val Apr 2018
Whenever I would get nervous as a child my mom would tell me to count to 5 and take a gulp of air.

I kept that trick for many years.
It calmed down all of the haunting thoughts that were inside of me.

I just never understood why it worked
Now I know,

As people we are just like hot air balloons.
If we keep ourselves from breathing we won't be able to get off the ground.

Just like the hot air balloons we can also withstand incredibly hot situations.
We can also carry tremendous amounts of weight
This is why it is so important to keep breathing
Because even though it may seem incredibly heavy,
We can still lift ourselves off the ground by just breathing
Feb 2018 · 681
Empty
Astronaut Val Feb 2018
I wake up in the morning hungry
I drink a black coffee
If you don't watch the calories you'll gain weight

Hours pass during the day,
I feel hungry
I serve myself lunch careful to make sure that the calories aren't too many

I go exercise and convince myself that I have made it through the day
Hours pass
I feel hungry
I feel empty.
I feel the whole weight of the world on my shoulders
I feel like there is a black hole inside of my core and it is eating me from the inside and it wants to be filled and this jittery feeling takes over and if I don't stop it nothing will.
It can't be just hunger.
How can it be just hunger when I feel the sensation of being completely empty all the way from the top of my head to my toes?

I decide to get dinner,
A sandwich, a pasta bowl, chips.
I can't control how much I eat anymore,
I just know that this black hole feels too much and it is too empty,
it can never be filled.
I give in to it.
I eat too much.

I come back to my room
I get in the shower,
the only thing separating me from being back in control is ******* pushing on the back of my throat

I feel empty again but this time I won

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