Today was surprisingly warm for March. It felt like August instead. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmykuDfcj1V
I was in three different departments at my job, doing all the tasks others could, but they decided to give me. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqp8p4VYLur
I am coal for a fire they never want to see extinguished, yet here I burn out.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILyYQ44YCA
It's been four months since that day.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfxAGepHZX
Call me Hidaka. It's my lesser-known name, but that doesn't bother me. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUNjGbyFIy
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. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0coJCUAc9i
That may sound petty or like a brag. But trust me, I in no way feel pride in this. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVBL7QurBX
Only loneliness.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpwOS7rPky
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsYpURvsac
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. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDhkrLDEKW
Once I gather my things, I go around the store to buy some items for myself. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAwW7D31uQ
On impulse, I decide to buy a picture. I never buy décor, but this was a must. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMoP2dF4Rc
It was a photograph of cherry blossoms. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VW0LaymYj
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbIvcWDODU
They remind me of home. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNHxd2pRJn
The guests arrive a little later than 18:00, but I don't mind. I'm not the one hosting, anyway.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80HUWTUmus
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. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblm42vDIJf
All night, we play board games. Not much conversation is actually done, and when we all stand to talk, it is dead silent. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjqtqBwyC8
I don't want to be here. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfo3bYTb6Rb
It is now 0:04. I sit in my messy workspace, staring at the faux ivy hanging from the ceiling. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCe0zW2NoA
I contemplate a lot of things at this time of night. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oqWUWFJPX
I think about my job and the anxiety of being a hamster stuck in a plastic ball forever.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkl4l8ihgo
I think of how I didn't care for company and how I wished I was left alone this evening. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtX64QR6sc
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. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIFd3IA3o9
I think about being 22 and how my sisters want me married. I don't want to think about it now.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7MQCM5g7K
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. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LnTiqrX5M
Now, I have a better understanding of where to go next. Better than I did four months ago. But I'm still the same. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEBL7ko5GM
I'm still lonely. I still feel depressed and bitter. I still feel dejected, betrayed, and abandoned. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt8h3jXmsT
Maybe I should sleep all of this away. I think I need to talk to God more about this sorrow.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKSvrNJ2oa
I know all of this makes no sense. But I hope I can prove to you it will. 678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4j5nqbm5dG
I want it to make sense.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSP4apnh6t
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.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLbIi1AEVd
The PaperGarden.678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9B9g3HKCi
To be Continued...678Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLjFbcaFzu
