It’s time to sleep. Time to weep.
Time cry.
Time to die.
Time will take
My moment’s away.
And so
I pray.
“Dear God
Turn back the clock.
Help me to survive.
To strive.
I don’t want to live in fear.
Each and every year.
I want to live in peace.
And not live like I’m on the streets.
I don’t want to be in war.
Because I’ve been there, like never before.
I don’t want to live in hatred.
Because, in the end, it’s all related,
To death.
And you watch as it takes away someone’s last breath.
Please, help me.
Help me be free.
And please, don’t throw me back in the sea.
I don’t want to drown
With all the terror all around.
And death coming at me
From all end.
Please God, I beg you,
Please, let me make it through.”

personal narrative

first person fiction

etc.

d. lennie pats too hard, and then panics.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.