My ESL story
Good bye
It was a rainy day. I stood on a cold floor where they put my grandfather’s body. Black clothes, crying voice, sad, feeling left behind those views were all around me. I tried to hold myself. I tried to smile, but it froze. I felt like no more happiness will happen anymore and no more smile will come to these people’s face or mine. Treas rolled down my check as I thought about the last time I had fun with him. That was the day before he died.
I was practicing my dance moves. Suddenly my grandfather came to my house and gave me a birthday present. My birthday was a month ago, but he told me that he was work on my birthday present, so it took a while. My grandfather likes to create stuff, he might look old, has no power, not strong, or have great power. Well, it might be true, but he has a brain like a genius. He creative at making stuff, his creativity can make everything that’s as hard as lifting a giant body to something as easy as playing with an ant. I love his work. His creations were the best. So, I opened the green pain wrapper and there was a block of wood with a Mexican doll. He told me how to use it. I have to hit the doll on the face. So, I did what he told me and amazingly that doll moved by itself. My grandfather almost told me the secret behind this amazing doll, but as fast as I could, I ran to him and close his mouth. NOPE, I don’t want to know.
I felt a cold hand touch on my shoulder. Suddenly I was back to reality. To where I didn’t want to be, at my grandfather’s house, stared at his cold, blue body inside that white coffin. I couldn’t hold any longer I let my tears out, just as fast as the rain outside. I felt that my grandfather was the greatest person ever. The world cried as he passed away. People came inside his house crying. Some stared at him, I realized their mind when blank. The others stared at his body and talk, talk to the dead body. The sadness spread and surrounded me. It’s to strong, so I ran outside and breathe. That was when I let out a big scream that was left behind, scream that I’ve held for so long. As tears accompanied me, slowly my eyes felt week and I felt in a dark space, alone.
