Personal Narrative: My Next Part Of The Carbon Cycle

In the atmosphere was where I started. Seventy five years I was there. A carbon atom in a carbon dioxide molecule was what I was. A Pinyon pine tree going through photosynthesis took me from the atmosphere. After I left my home, I converted into a tissue in a Pinyon pine needle. This was only the first part of the cycle, and I was going to the biosphere-plant. A new territory, the biosphere-plant. Accordingly, I existed as a tissue in a Pinyon pine needle. For two months I stayed like that. Then a deer came by and chomped up my entire branch. Changing forms again, this time I turned into part of the deer’s bone protein. Completing the second stop on the cycle, I move onto the biosphere-animal, the third stop. In the biosphere-animal, there I was. For five years I was part of the deer's bone
Soon, I should be going into yet another part of the carbon cycle. Twenty one years later, I dissolved into the Little Colorado River. Accordingly, I transformed into a carbonate ion rather than staying as carbon dioxide. My freedom in the atmosphere done with, I now resided in the hydrosphere, the seventh stop. While in the hydrosphere, I moved from the Little Colorado River to Lake Powell. Twenty four years I spent as a carbonate ion in Lake Powell. Nevertheless, that ended with me going into a snail's shell as calcium carbonate. The snail then died and layers of sedimentary rock buried it. The shell became limestone, turning me into limestone as well. Finally, I made it to the last stage of the cycle, the lithosphere-limestone. The lithosphere-limestone was my last stop before my final destination. My form while I was there was Kaibab limestone. Millions of years I spent in that form, until some humans mined me. The humans used me to make cement which oxidized me in the process, turning me into carbon dioxide. In conclusion, I finally went back to the