I aimlessly walked.

Through the tall towers of t-shirts and tan-colored pants at Walmart,

I searched for my family.

My stomach growled and ached.

It would soon cave in from my hunger and fear.

I looked away from my family for one moment,

And in the next moment,

They’re gone.

Running in circles with the cracks in between the tiles, 

My vision blurred, 

My heart throbbed in my head.

The voices around me blurred, 

And the vents above blowed audibly into my ears.

Numbing my senses,

I continued to dart in circles avoiding strangers,

Uneasy at the thought that they would find out I was lost.

My family was still nowhere in sight.

I felt scared as the fear began to creep up.

My shadow grew longer, the aisle stretched.

I stood still,

isolated in the clothing aisle.

My head naturally pointed downwards, 

Afraid that my family had forgotten about me

“TU!” said my brother. And suddenly, 

I could hear.