Every time I try to get back on my feet, I fall again.

Every time I think about a year ago, I lose all of my motivation; and I fall back down.

I watch the sky turn into a blanket of darkness and wonder if I’m going to be the sky one day. If I’m going to get back up and not even think about stopping. And if I did stop, everyone else would fall. Or maybe that is the reason I don’t want to ge...

I can’t wait to visit Ri-Ri’s house again. It’s a grey house with a black rooftop. Ri-Ri has a garden with all types of flowers. He says that they make the place more vibrant and that it contrasts the big black fog above the house. Even though I don’t know what contrast means, I pretend that I do because Ri-Ri seems like he is lonely.

When I first came to Ri-Ri’s house, I was terrified of t...

I can’t let him kill me.

The lantern lights my path as the darkness closes in on me.

My dress betrays me as I trip on the fabric. My lantern is thrown in the air. I can’t let it’s light stop glowing. The lantern’s fire puffs out. My vision darkens. I’m alone with this monster. The cicadas drown my eardrums. My eyelids are pushed down against my will.

I wake up in darkness. I can m...