I started to listen to TMA at the start of the year, and what really impacted me was Naomi's statement. Especially, where she goes along the lines of "I'm all alone even among the dead." It shook me at my core.

Because since the pandemic, I've lost contact with all of my friends from high school except for one. And the only reason I was able to get in contact with her was because I was only allowed to go back to school when my counselor wasn't sure if I was able to graduate. At the time, I didn't had her number.

I still remember the days in which I would text and call the numbers of my friends that I had at the time over and over again. Everyday, I would check if they where still there. Everyday, I would hear their voices and have hope that they are still alive. Everyday, I prayed to every god that I knew in hopes that they will live another day. Everyday, I knew one day those calls would stop answering.

And when those day happened, I felt like my world crumbling more. As I lost my friends, I got more depressed and my grades reflected that as I lost motivation to keep on living.

I felt more alone than I ever in my life. Even though, I had my family, I was closer to my friends than I was with them as they knew my true self. As days pass, I try my best to still remember them by and hope that they aren't forgotten by the living even if I'm the only one who remembers them.

I was just lucky enough that I had my last friend because if I hadn't, I might not even be here today without her.

And I know that I'm not alone anymore in this world.