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I said goodbye to my beloved hometown and my dear parents, and came alone to this unfamiliar city. I could not help feeling a little timid and lost, but the backpack on my shoulders gave me the courage and nerve to move forward. Inside it was a dancing soul.
My reason for coming to this city was simple and obvious: I had come only to wander. And my reason for wandering was just as simple: I wanted to get out and walk around, to get out and see things.
To see this world that I did not know how to describe.
In this city, I experienced things I had never experienced before. It was also in this city that I came to understand the true purpose of my wandering. Here, I began a brand-new journey through life-chasing dreams.
I walked down broad avenues, passed through narrow streets, and roamed alone through this murky stretch of the city. I had long since grown used to having no destination. But for some reason, wandering like this tonight gradually began to bore me. So I quickened my pace and headed toward the bright, bustling city center in the distance-
Along the way, the streetlights around me gradually came on, casting multicolored light and countless shadows of me. Watching those constantly shifting shadows, I could not tell which one was real. At that moment, I felt myself beginning to sink into a whirlpool of confusion-
Slowly, I sank into it-
In that instant, I suddenly realized how frightening it was to drift without direction, how pitiful it was to wander without a goal-in the end, I was trapped in a lonely, empty corner, unable to find any joy in life. Under the glare of the brilliant streetlights, the loneliness and emptiness within me