As we navigate the bleak landscape of existence, we find ourselves faced with an insurmountable void. A void so vast, so crushing, that even the faintest glimmer of happiness seems like a distant memory.
We try to fill this void with fleeting pleasures: the latest smartphone, the most exotic vacations, the most Instagrammable brunches. But it's all just a distraction from the crushing despair that is life.
And yet, we cling to these distractions, these coping mechanisms, as if they will somehow save us from the abyss that awaits us all.