Sadness

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom on earth.

People lived there, living a life of luxury.

But then a devil appeared.

One devil made many allies, and quickly turned the earth into hell.

At the end of that desolate century...

I was alone, living in Tokyo.

Alone...

The reason I was alone was because I had a very ugly face. As a child, I was good-looking, loved by my parents, and lived a happy life.

But as I grew into a young man, my face became very ugly.

That made me depressed. I drank a lot, gambled...

So I didn't meet many people, and lived a lonely life.

It was a very depressed life.

Slowly, I became accustomed to loneliness.

I was truly alone.

But being alone made me feel fulfilled.

N and I were separated.

I was very sad. I'm sure N felt the same way.

A month passed, then two.

N and I continued to contact each other.

Three months passed, then four. I lost contact with N...

I was at the brink of despair. What was my life all about...

I would never see N again.

Was it my fault, or N's fault, or my parents' fault, or the world's fault...

A little over a year later, I left the psychiatric hospital.

The world had changed a lot. N had quit the store.

I was so sad about this that I wrote a poem about my farewell to N, put it in a box, and buried it in the ground.

Someday, someone will dig up this box. That someone will surely read this poem. And it will bring something to their heart.

Beautiful things are very fragile. Even beautiful things will eventually break.

We all live in an eternal world. In it, there are happy events, sad events, painful memories, and difficult experiences.

But humans are strong, and I think we can overcome all of these experiences and live strong lives.

I was able to meet N. And I was happy. I believe that experience will definitely be useful to me, her, and her in her life...

Farewell N, until we meet again.