The Things I Carry Analysis

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What I carry now is not what i will be carrying three years down the road and it's not quite the same as what I carried three months ago.What I carry during the daylight hours is not what I carry in the looming hours of the nighttime. The things I carry are not the same as the thing you carry. The things I carry may not always be physical, sometimes they might but other times they are hidden. Hidden behind eyes full of stars, deceiving of what is carried behind them. No one will ever be truly certain of the things I carry. I carry the early sunrises. The pinky-blue and bright yellow swirls that stretch across the horizon right before the rest of the world has risen. The cool crispness of the air as it pierces your lungs and the silence. No noise, no busyness, no rush. Just your thoughts and the sunrise that you carry before you. There is the occasional rush of air from a passing car or the sounds of birds but other than that, nothing. For several moments in the morning, right before the day, there is peace in this world. No war, no poverty, no murder, no destruction. And I carry this temporary serenity with me. I carry the sunrise that makes the …show more content…
I am able to carry everything while appearing to carry nothing at all. I carry suppressed emotions that bubble and churn until they topple over the edge. This is an often occurrence late at night or even during the early, early hours of the morning. I lay in bed, with the things I carry weighing on me like the weight of the blankets and sheets that lay spread across my chest. The weight of the things I carry grows as the nights tick away. So heavy until the weight of the things I carry come tumbling down, falling apart as I lay there and watch, paralyzed. My chest is heavy and my breathe is quick as tears begin to fall. I'm to left to pick up the pieces of what I carry. It is all place before me to battle with. The feelings of regret from a