Today was surprisingly warm for March. It felt like August instead. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SF19XhdVK
I was in three different departments at my job, doing all the tasks others could, but they decided to give me. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZ4I0srkwq
I am coal for a fire they never want to see extinguished, yet here I burn out.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqNKNOUhYx
It's been four months since that day.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuVn1boVi9
Call me Hidaka. It's my lesser-known name, but that doesn't bother me. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYF5KF4SghQ
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGEmiDOYXm
That may sound petty or like a brag. But trust me, I in no way feel pride in this. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmg9ckPueB
Only loneliness.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyv5d41YUls
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.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡws1RpQdkNN
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XZwdvXwJf
Once I gather my things, I go around the store to buy some items for myself. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiIAf4lML8
On impulse, I decide to buy a picture. I never buy décor, but this was a must. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEBySBs4lZ
It was a photograph of cherry blossoms. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAWAb8KVum
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.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFcrM9Wcbm
They remind me of home. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyugP5ZOyA
The guests arrive a little later than 18:00, but I don't mind. I'm not the one hosting, anyway.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDBSUzLbKk
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqDVNiaEkj
All night, we play board games. Not much conversation is actually done, and when we all stand to talk, it is dead silent. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31lL6SvLYf
I don't want to be here. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9H5AEvKnvh
It is now 0:04. I sit in my messy workspace, staring at the faux ivy hanging from the ceiling. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVI9Jkgvqpu
I contemplate a lot of things at this time of night. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz22DR1UeiV
I think about my job and the anxiety of being a hamster stuck in a plastic ball forever.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7Y6gALOMj
I think of how I didn't care for company and how I wished I was left alone this evening. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDysJLSsow
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweXavtvj1t
I think about being 22 and how my sisters want me married. I don't want to think about it now.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwD2Pd09u0
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhHDA3LU5B
Now, I have a better understanding of where to go next. Better than I did four months ago. But I'm still the same. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rBGTXvi3C
I'm still lonely. I still feel depressed and bitter. I still feel dejected, betrayed, and abandoned. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GrsOkfHic
Maybe I should sleep all of this away. I think I need to talk to God more about this sorrow.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaQSu8dVG5
I know all of this makes no sense. But I hope I can prove to you it will. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsttw7mP7w
I want it to make sense.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRHGDOrNPv
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.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xbsU8iZae
The PaperGarden.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbocRV2QtUO
To be Continued...699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGgRkqVY7a
