Today was surprisingly warm for March. It felt like August instead. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgyKtZNS51
I was in three different departments at my job, doing all the tasks others could, but they decided to give me. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyVKA56uDk
I am coal for a fire they never want to see extinguished, yet here I burn out.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUHll7kPGC
It's been four months since that day.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxcaWyQXDo
Call me Hidaka. It's my lesser-known name, but that doesn't bother me. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXd10EBfFO
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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg60Mpa88Z7
That may sound petty or like a brag. But trust me, I in no way feel pride in this. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PalFkAqAr
Only loneliness.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnz1hjbDKm
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVvMbiyMrz
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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzEBDakfSx
Once I gather my things, I go around the store to buy some items for myself. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp2yTayJBD
On impulse, I decide to buy a picture. I never buy décor, but this was a must. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCgSI7gxuT
It was a photograph of cherry blossoms. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9Db5zVJEE
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLGO4yZ1Gv
They remind me of home. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNbcgPTamk
The guests arrive a little later than 18:00, but I don't mind. I'm not the one hosting, anyway.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJsLiubEZd
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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4DadnvBFA
All night, we play board games. Not much conversation is actually done, and when we all stand to talk, it is dead silent. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ3s2PYKiu
I don't want to be here. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMRYCR2SiY
It is now 0:04. I sit in my messy workspace, staring at the faux ivy hanging from the ceiling. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBefAn8fcRo
I contemplate a lot of things at this time of night. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYov6MKHKVY
I think about my job and the anxiety of being a hamster stuck in a plastic ball forever.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIImJ82FnAU
I think of how I didn't care for company and how I wished I was left alone this evening. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6jqGzoKXW
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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpI5ppoKQv
I think about being 22 and how my sisters want me married. I don't want to think about it now.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJLDg6NkiH
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. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7nKkyhOER
Now, I have a better understanding of where to go next. Better than I did four months ago. But I'm still the same. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LUGBujK94
I'm still lonely. I still feel depressed and bitter. I still feel dejected, betrayed, and abandoned. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOLIJLAX5O
Maybe I should sleep all of this away. I think I need to talk to God more about this sorrow.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA1jCDQc5c
I know all of this makes no sense. But I hope I can prove to you it will. 629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggvSw4v9M1
I want it to make sense.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvmmRhz7FT
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBilcd9pe3
The PaperGarden.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzxwx9OpSn
To be Continued...629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYX07iZdyg
