Diary of a Void

by Emi Yagi

But I’m always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That’s the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I’m still not used to it—how alone we all are.”

Why can’t anybody just mind their own business? It’s not like they actually care about you or anything, but they’re still happy to tell you that what you’re doing isn’t right when they should really just stay out of it. They’re so annoying, and I’m so alone—I feel like I might forget who I am.”

“Even if it’s a lie, it’s a place of my own. That’s why I’m going to keep it. It doesn’t need to be a big lie—just big enough for one person. And if I can hold on to that lie inside my heart, if I can keep repeating it to myself, it might lead me somewhere. Somewhere else, somewhere different. If I can do that, maybe I’ll change a little, and maybe the world will, too.”

Even if it is just a lie. The world’s what we make it, right? Even if it’s just us, on our own—with the whole world against us.