Amidst the silence of an apartment judgment screams like a stadium broadcast. The footsteps and chatter coming from the walls reverberate through all six sides.
Six separate families. Six separate worlds. Six separate galaxies.
With one man in the center, hoping one of those footsteps is for him. Praying one of those laughs will be familiar. As he lays on the floor of his home, a small piece of his hope is chipped as the sounds fade away into the silence of the night.
Once again he is engulfed by the blackness he finds so soothing. This is where the footsteps are for him. This is where the laughter is familiar. Because they are his own.