Today was surprisingly warm for March. It felt like August instead. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3P1csp1Xp
I was in three different departments at my job, doing all the tasks others could, but they decided to give me. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM7D6vYUwt
I am coal for a fire they never want to see extinguished, yet here I burn out.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdHd0gTxJI
It's been four months since that day.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bx6fK1o6v
Call me Hidaka. It's my lesser-known name, but that doesn't bother me. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0A86j0bLPD
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. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KYX4baUl1
That may sound petty or like a brag. But trust me, I in no way feel pride in this. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHBiT1BXkS
Only loneliness.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTDYOkGz3e
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCWqXHWF0g
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. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhF7jbJnxL1
Once I gather my things, I go around the store to buy some items for myself. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6u7FdHAKX
On impulse, I decide to buy a picture. I never buy décor, but this was a must. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbep3phfytw
It was a photograph of cherry blossoms. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjSpOD62Tl
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FHWm1Or6a
They remind me of home. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3jEuDUuwk
The guests arrive a little later than 18:00, but I don't mind. I'm not the one hosting, anyway.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaqwCRVXFv
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. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGWDxV3PxS
All night, we play board games. Not much conversation is actually done, and when we all stand to talk, it is dead silent. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQfpK1JUMc
I don't want to be here. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVO0zrfIml
It is now 0:04. I sit in my messy workspace, staring at the faux ivy hanging from the ceiling. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB896R2167
I contemplate a lot of things at this time of night. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2nBTuf16Q
I think about my job and the anxiety of being a hamster stuck in a plastic ball forever.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn08whYWHjn
I think of how I didn't care for company and how I wished I was left alone this evening. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JiCe6qw3L
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. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFxVxblF8U
I think about being 22 and how my sisters want me married. I don't want to think about it now.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfToKlgpBSc
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. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FcTJABmS0
Now, I have a better understanding of where to go next. Better than I did four months ago. But I'm still the same. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib5J0Ye1Dr
I'm still lonely. I still feel depressed and bitter. I still feel dejected, betrayed, and abandoned. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfOloX7YEr
Maybe I should sleep all of this away. I think I need to talk to God more about this sorrow.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAxVju6JVO
I know all of this makes no sense. But I hope I can prove to you it will. 550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVkfmR3hTR
I want it to make sense.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagw7HZwOI2
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.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvEVVhRQ7q
The PaperGarden.550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nsLLLW1if
To be Continued...550Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBiC6SBuUi
