text: have you ever seen the death of stars? they say a star only dies when it has finally given up on all beings living off of its substantial light. but that was only a fairy tale after all, how would we truly know? we make up these silly stories to distract ourselves from the neverending abyss of darkness, so cold, so empty. but if this were to be true, then there was still something out there that our star had been waiting for, something it hadn't given up hope on. could this really be? could there really be someone out there that had the power to change everything, could there really be someone else out there. i tell myself these things to try and keep myself from going crazy but i've been alone for 8 years now, eventually my hopeless feelings were going to catch up to me, everyday i go out into the barren wilderness, ever since the war, the whole planet has been desolate. I find solace in knowing that my star is still there. the island i live on was once a mountain range that overlooked our great town, i often sit at the edge of the sea and peer into the waves wanting to catch a glimpse of what was. but its been too long, what i see now are just figments of my imagination, maybe some part of me deep down inside wants to see my family again, to hold my baby brother in my arms, to see his joyous smile on christmas day, spending the days with him when i didn't have work. dear god why did this damned planet ever go to war, it destroyed everything in an attempt to seek out peace. i wander night and day across the vast island hoping to find someone else, travel is slowed in the winter because of the shorter days and snowfall i get, but my tent has been with me this whole time, i put it up with muscle memory, setting up camp before dusk and leaving at dawn. i've circled this island 3 times now in the past eight years but i have never found anyone. what's the point anymore? the truth is that there isn't one, the hopelessness of humanity has almost drove ourselves to extinction, i look up at the stars at night and i whisper to them "why are you still here...