Sink & Drown
“25 years had passed, and minimal ideals were altered.”
Orgenij had always dreamt about the world ever since he could remember. Listening to his cousin dwell on foreign experiences never failed to delight him either. He would plan out his future at times. Just so he could invest on a certain figure, which would enable him on a joyride to nowhere.
After high-school, Orgenij struggled. College ended up in a disaster and “joyride” looks uncertain. Even his alternative passage, as a temporary barista, turned sour. Things hardly went in his favor, he mused. His personal relations took a toll eventually, due to his lack of commitments. Orgenij lumbered in depression for the next two years.
Without clues or direction, his search for an answer became desperate. Through these years, he went on a personal quest to redeem himself. Orgenij even volunteered on a government appointment. He needed measures to alter himself. All this while, he limped.
Through the boundaries of networks, he listened. Series of random hearts poured on multiple journeys. Each had his own tale to tell, and even worse than Orgenij. Bewildered upon the crux his colleagues faced, he encrypted these messages as key. A parallel catalyst inherited to unlock his unfinished revelation.
Four years passed, but still, he endured. He outlasted the pain and gained a new outlook on life. He found a meaning and it wasn’t the world after all. Though it seemed vague at times, he realized a deeper sense of satisfaction. Orgenij couldn’t figure it, yet. He doesn’t intend to either. Rather, he chose to let it sink…and drown his globe-shaped heart.
