Day 2

Day 2

I didn’t return to shelter of the buildings. Instead, I spent my night under the stars, sleeping in a park, just like what homeless people do.

It was dark, but the fear of what lurked in the darkness occupied my mind, asking questions that I don’t even want to think about. They were questions that doesn’t really have an answer, nor really have an aim.

“Why am I still here?”

“What will happen next?”

Questions like those constantly plagued my mind ever since I awoke from the sleep that I had been in. Wandering made it harder.

I continue my searching for something. Perhaps the thing that I’m searching for was something that I had lost. Perhaps it was a sign that life lived on in this now barren world. Yet still, as I explored the shelves, I found nothing.

Sitting above a tall building, the wind roaring, I looked around. The climb was hard, but the scene was worth it. Buildings rose before me as if rising from a sea of low fog.

Looking through a tower viewer, I look for signs of life. I found none. Tired, I rested on the floor, watching the view.

Remembering my past, I remember climbing this building as a child with my parents and as well looking through this telescope. And now, as an adult, I sat here alone, looking down on the empty world below me.

And again, just like all those times that I’ve spent idly, I pondered why I remained. Why am I here? I ask myself. Perhaps it was just by fate, or perhaps it was done my divine intervention.

It was all nothing but guesses.

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[Tim W]

Style is great but the grammar needs a bit of work.

>I had spent my night
I spent my night
>the fear of what lurks
the fear of what lurked
>occupied my mind from asking questions
occupied my mind, asking questions
>Questions like that
Questions like those
>ever since I had woken up from the sleep that I had been in
ever since I awoke
>as my mind continued to brood these questions
[delete]
>something that I have lost
something I had lost
>I still found nothing
I found nothing
>I look for signs that life still exist, yet futilely finding none
I looked for signs of life. I found none.
>Remembering my past, I remember climbing this building
I remember climbing this building
>I pondered the reason on why I remained
I pondered why I remained