I think I drew this during my web design class (I can't quite remember, really and recently I lost my notebook so I can't check). It was the day after a shattering event in my life took place involving a very, very close friend. I was feeling completely devistated, depressed, abandoned, and more alone than I've ever felt before. As a result, this came out of nowhere, I suppose.

It's not really technically stunning or anything, but regardless of if I expressed it in a way others can understand, I poured a lot of feeling and emotion into it. Really, I don't think it even can be easily completely understood since most of the emotion came out being hidden in details, symbolism, and references to my own life that I've never shared with anyone. And, honestly, I don't care if any of it was expressed clearly. Even if it's just a sketch, this one was for me, and not anyone else. I'm just putting it up since... well, it does mean something to me, and I'd like to keep it around somewhere where I won't lose it as I have a tendency to do (which is evidenced by the fact I've already lost it shortly after scanning it, actually).

Heh, it's funny how no matter how earth-shattering something happens, life won't stop for you and it keeps going just like always. I guess time really does heal wounds. Too bad it leaves so many scars.

Apologies for the obviously crooked scan, the sketchy quality of the work (it was a sketch from my notes, after all), and the lines, which I generally try to avoid for anything I put in my actual gallery instead of sticking it in the scraps heap.

Oh, and for anyone curious, since my writing looks pretty lousy when it's blown up by a factor of a few dozen times and my handwriting has generally become a lot more sloppy of late...

"The wind blows cold,
I walk the road,
And wonder why
I walk alone...

"While now I abandon the City of the Night,
Where idols shed a warmthless light,
To find a land where none pretend
Or else to search to make an end."