What is Real? by Kelley Flannery

I try to wonder where I am. 

Shining stars, abnormal asteroids, and phenomenal plants all around me. 

It smells as if my mom made twenty egg salad sandwiches. 

The whole universe is spinning. 

Will I be stuck here forever? 

An obnoxious ringing and a flashing red light coming from my wrist. 

I look down; it’s my fuel gauge. 

Five minutes left of air. 

I see a faint spaceship in the distance. 

With my life hanging on by a tread, 

I take a chance and drift towards it. 

It is my last hope. 

As I get closer, it moves farther away.  

Will I make it? 

My time is running out. 

Three minutes left… 

I hear someone calling my name.  

anna, anna, anna 

I look around, but no one is there? 

I am almost there. 

The spaceship's gleaming light gets brighter and brighter. 

ANNA, ANNA, ANNA 

It is getting louder and louder. 

But still, no one 

One minute left… 

Suddenly, I feel a tremendous amount of pressure on me.  

But still, no one is nearby. 

I shut my eyes, hoping to reach the spaceship. 

My eyes start to creak open. 

Someone is there. 

“It is time to get ready for school.”