Today was surprisingly warm for March. It felt like August instead. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7LU2AGV4G
I was in three different departments at my job, doing all the tasks others could, but they decided to give me. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT809hzHWsN
I am coal for a fire they never want to see extinguished, yet here I burn out.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXsqwJwqA4
It's been four months since that day.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6tJ8PQH2c
Call me Hidaka. It's my lesser-known name, but that doesn't bother me. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPol08W5KNZ
I'm young still, 22, yet old in spirit. I have lived a lot of life. Much more than a lot of people my age. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4UjBlaFyF
That may sound petty or like a brag. But trust me, I in no way feel pride in this. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamsSRrGkhB
Only loneliness.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUJySfLqpO
At 16:00, I clock out and get ready to leave. There is a party at my family's home tonight, but I feel like ditching. Too bad I can't drive.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU0KOqeUHf
My brother sends a text to me, stating only good news. After being belittled by one of my managers all day, it's nice to have something to smile about. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzlhzNoGqM
Once I gather my things, I go around the store to buy some items for myself. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ukEgyKzTu
On impulse, I decide to buy a picture. I never buy décor, but this was a must. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cydcSuqMl
It was a photograph of cherry blossoms. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeylOIsc83
One thing everyone quickly knows about me is I love cherry blossoms. They remind me of good, whimsical memories. They recall a sweet time before this era.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt5Zbf7LCw
They remind me of home. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xf3fPm92G
The guests arrive a little later than 18:00, but I don't mind. I'm not the one hosting, anyway.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpi7FwhRhS
My sister and brother are making an effort to make more friends at their church. I think that's amazing. They found a place they really like. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjS8mBObnNl
All night, we play board games. Not much conversation is actually done, and when we all stand to talk, it is dead silent. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa5ya9PDPq
I don't want to be here. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdiJuL9R9J
It is now 0:04. I sit in my messy workspace, staring at the faux ivy hanging from the ceiling. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglRDazy452
I contemplate a lot of things at this time of night. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fAlJA3msi
I think about my job and the anxiety of being a hamster stuck in a plastic ball forever.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5HCN0e8Ow
I think of how I didn't care for company and how I wished I was left alone this evening. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsN96MLNvL
I think about how I haven't had a proper church home in almost 2 years and how I wish I could find a place and congregation to return to each week. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarVp2ycaN6
I think about being 22 and how my sisters want me married. I don't want to think about it now.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHFNDe4VuE
Most of all, I think of 2 years prior to this time. It was a time of freedom and promise, a time where I truly thought I knew where God wanted me. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTv3scT9Nt
Now, I have a better understanding of where to go next. Better than I did four months ago. But I'm still the same. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ErLBTh8lt
I'm still lonely. I still feel depressed and bitter. I still feel dejected, betrayed, and abandoned. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvh5U1Z3puh
Maybe I should sleep all of this away. I think I need to talk to God more about this sorrow.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbF3K91FKq
I know all of this makes no sense. But I hope I can prove to you it will. 655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK8DbrIfCz
I want it to make sense.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAVph6IuRC
But alas, I must rest. Sleep only comes for the traveler once a fortnight, so I must seize it like a prize. Now I will go to the place of my dreams, a place where these past four months haunt me no more.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3JxQ3xkAV
The PaperGarden.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPpEC3dVsD
To be Continued...655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4k15kqC23
