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Submitted to Contest #168
Dedicated to my younger self and anyone who is struggling with loneliness and/or life changes. I’m surrounded by thousands of people, but they all feel like strangers. I know many people’s names but at the same time I don’t really know anyone, and no one knows me. I write this in my journal, as I notice little wet circles dampen the page. It takes me a moment to realize I am crying. I’m not myself. I look up through my tear-drop blurred vision at the cinderblock wall of the dorm I’ve been assigned. I stare at the wall as the whit...
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