I Ran
My lungs were burning.
It was hard to breathe.
I thought that I would die.
I think I was a child of 8 or 10.
Had I known the source of danger
and a better decision to make,
would I still have run blindly?
Would the scare had been as great?
When an ammonia tank blew its top,
I smelled the fumes and ran quickly.
I ran until I no longer inhaled the fumes.
Unaware of my surroundings, I ran blindly and
stopped, not realizing being at the road.
Only God knows why the fumes halted at the road.
Only God knows why there were no cars passing by.
I thought that surely, I was running for my life.
Afterward, I saw a man walk to the tank and shut it off.
It became apparent that he was behind the flow of the wind.
Nevertheless, I do not think that I would do anything differently.
Would I have died or become plagued with a lung disease?
Only God really knows the difference had I not run.
102622PSCtest, I chose to run but had I stayed,
things would have been like. Anoucheka Gangabissooni. 3P
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