Heartache of Hope: a Short story.
I look at the charlie brown Christmas tree. It sits with a coyote skull under its lonesome red bulb. The small branch bends towards the skull. The little box of a table that holds all this mystery sits between two bookshelves: organized in their dissonance. I have felt alone for so long, unsure of what my place in this thing called life would be. Unsure if I had stepped in the universe's punchline. I used to pace and chain smoke. Nicotine and delusions reek of nostalgia. I have paranoid schizophrenia, OCD, Social Anxiety, and severe depression. I had gotten so depressed that most of my jokes are about me being a disappointment. No one makes me feel that way but myself, It can be disheartening. ...