Fiyinfoluwa Pius

Abyss...

“This is crazy.” I thought to myself as I watched the world I once knew disappear right in front of me. I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Hayley. I am 21 years old and up until 2 days ago, I was a 4th year college student studying Media. This was NOT how I pictured life to be. In my head I was supposed to be working closely with the CEO of Google by the age of 25 and now I'm not even sure I'll make it to see that age. I used to have friends, family, a boyfriend but now I guess that doesn’t matter because I can’t find anyone, it's just me here… “This must be a sick joke, I thought that pranking show.. What is it called again? Right! Punk’D was cancelled decades ago.” I say to myself again. I have to find signs of life. Not only a sign of life but my family, friends and my boyfriend. My boyfriend... I sigh heavily thinking about Alex. I’ve known Alex since I was 6 and practically grew up together and didn’t realize how opposite we are. He challenges me to be better, do better and continue to keep my head up. I’m not afraid to speak my mind because of all the debates I've had with him. Just as much as we are opposite we are also the same and I just thank God for him. I have tears in my eyes as I look down at the heart shaped locket he gave me when we first started dating; we were 19. Inside is a picture of us making silly faces. The point of that was if we were ever to get angry at each other I would look inside the locket and laugh at the faces we made. But now all it does is make me want to cry.