Today was surprisingly warm for March. It felt like August instead. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwTbZV2MuU
I was in three different departments at my job, doing all the tasks others could, but they decided to give me. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR891ZaX6CR
I am coal for a fire they never want to see extinguished, yet here I burn out.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoja2LMoIj6
It's been four months since that day.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9WZXYAJFn
Call me Hidaka. It's my lesser-known name, but that doesn't bother me. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBwiczrE3l
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. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwbuz89K28
That may sound petty or like a brag. But trust me, I in no way feel pride in this. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVeLEzZUjW
Only loneliness.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclrlYVyyyz
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.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbh1Q6IMst
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. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctB9SdbDTE
Once I gather my things, I go around the store to buy some items for myself. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcYJGQzJma
On impulse, I decide to buy a picture. I never buy décor, but this was a must. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX86vFXZwp
It was a photograph of cherry blossoms. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfhF1xEhRw
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.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtLnETPq5J
They remind me of home. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVs6c0EZEB1
The guests arrive a little later than 18:00, but I don't mind. I'm not the one hosting, anyway.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOkpN0y3cn
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. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7V1tm21brY
All night, we play board games. Not much conversation is actually done, and when we all stand to talk, it is dead silent. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkr5hNlaO3
I don't want to be here. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnZNEV8RDN
It is now 0:04. I sit in my messy workspace, staring at the faux ivy hanging from the ceiling. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoagcqWguLQ
I contemplate a lot of things at this time of night. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9GLZuDkJV
I think about my job and the anxiety of being a hamster stuck in a plastic ball forever.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRv1xUayPg
I think of how I didn't care for company and how I wished I was left alone this evening. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRROSNcLNn
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. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBprxuYUx6
I think about being 22 and how my sisters want me married. I don't want to think about it now.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhhLChXo8I
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. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqND0nh4i5l
Now, I have a better understanding of where to go next. Better than I did four months ago. But I'm still the same. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL49vCSwzG
I'm still lonely. I still feel depressed and bitter. I still feel dejected, betrayed, and abandoned. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu0clzdnvy
Maybe I should sleep all of this away. I think I need to talk to God more about this sorrow.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnB3M55o7d
I know all of this makes no sense. But I hope I can prove to you it will. 760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQ2IR5dNSW
I want it to make sense.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFsKwTTchp
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.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt07xc6Lmc
The PaperGarden.760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQhf4DAB08
To be Continued...760Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91yMqbdls0
