“Solitary” is an obnoxious euphemism.

Left adrift for far too long; you rush to reel me in only after loneliness manifests as a cry for help. Rejecting an uncertain hand half-extended, my head swirls, stranded in a sea of dissonance. To then soften your sin with semantics? I’d rather drown.

橘ケン (Tachibana Ken) is an aspiring MMA fighter.