ISHAMARA CUEVAS - Winner Third Writing Competition

She walked outside the hospital and everything was on fire. Alex works in a hospital in Holland because she was a nurse. Alex is 22 years old. She didn’t have a boyfriend and children, in these moments she felt good, and she didn’t need a boyfriend and children. Alex felt scared but, she decided to walk around the city to find out why everything was on fire because she was extremely brave and curious. Alex saw that she was alone, she become lonely. At this moment she wanted to be with someone, if was possible with her “boyfriend” , but she didn’t have one. The sky was dark. It was raining at the same time everything was on fire. It was like a horror film, paranormal. It was impossible that this was happening. She couldn’t believe her eyes. Alex started to feel strange. The water in the river was extremely murky, all the fish dead and floating on the surface. Everything was green; there were a lot of algae. It was absolutely disgusting to see. The scrapers were damaged and falling down. Without a second thought, Alex ran quickly to her house. She had to think quickly about things she had seen. She remembered that the news had predicted this. The pollution of everyone in the world had caused this paranormal situation. They had warned as that this would happen if we didn’t look after the environment. We should have listened.