Essay on Turning Away from True Friendship - 1603 Words

Personal Narrative: Turning Away from True Friendship I had begun to wonder why I had taken this job. Lugging computers back and forth, running between buildings, with hardly a break in the day left little to be desired. The fact that the sun bore down on my head hotter than an unhappy boss helped little on my tracks back and forth from job site to job site. The wind seemed hesitant, shuttering hardly more than a teasing breeze that moved nothing more than discarded food wrappers, and weather beaten business documents long lost from the suitcase they once called home. The only temporary relief was given by a saturation of the western sky with a promising, graying storm. The buildings watch over passerbies, trucks leave a†¦show more content†¦I walked by without a care in mind, until I looked closer and noticed one of the dogs stumbled as he tried to get up and avoid my confrontation. Wishing the same I furthered my distance as he lay back down. His companion, slightly offset by what happened, placed an open paw across his body. As a condolence, and warning that he was not as defenseless as he seemed. The environment took attributes of time-lapse photography. I stopped and stared at the only companions I had on this street; the wavering branches and blowing litter caste black fleeting profiles on their fur. The cascading shadows fled the scene, as water sprinting from an oiled body. Neither one showed any abrasiveness to my proximity, only starring openly as if I was the one who had cast them aside. It was during my childhood that I would get a case of lung infection every winter. Bedridden I was unable to leave the house, let alone risk infecting my friends. The coughs never ceased, and days would be hours, or even weeks depending on my sleeping status that day. Black was the most present color during that time, as my eyes would be shut, almost outcast from the world of color. 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