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For you

Loneliness is what happens when you put your life on hold When you choose to be soer than yourself

Loneliness is what happens when you watch your friends, your coirl of their dreams

Loneliness is not knowing if you’llfor you

As of right now, I have no one Nothing

An empty condo on the fifth floor of a s up in Seattle, it wasn’t a stretch for me to join the Navy With no family and few friends, the decision had been easy

Now, ten years later, I wish I’d taken the time to form some type of relationship with other people outside of Navy life Witnessing Maverick—one of my best friends—find the love of his life, preceded by our former Captain and Lieutenant, I can admit I’m jealous of their luck

Mav suggested getting my own pen pal

So I have

The person’s naender—is nineteen and part of a rehab prograood influence

Yeah, I laughed at that one too

Growing up in foster care, I wasn’t the best rolewith my life before I became another statistic

I look forward to helping someone redirect their attention It’ll pass the tiirl

This is a joke It has to be

There’s no way this can be my life

My father, a county judge, decided that because I crashed o, I needed help I was a ard youth in his words I wasn’t drunk; I don’t do drugs For god’s sake, I was trying toside of the road, and because I had one too , my pupils were kind of dilated

Cops autos or alcohol

My father—-all—didn’t bother to do a blood test like I begged He just popped me in front of the bench, all official-like, and demanded I attend rehab

Duht?

This facility is for kids—the under eighteen kind The ones who need help Some of these children are six ways to Sunday fucked up and could use the attention I’hter

“Miss Williaroup therapy roorin scares me She’s too damn happy for this somber place