Written by Miriam Samuel. Edited by Shreya Saha and Lasya Ramakrishnan.
Artwork by Lily Lee.

One day, I woke up.
I stared at the ceiling and listened to the noise from the streets below– the rush of cars, the occasional honk, the slight pitter-patter of rain on my window. It was time to get out of bed, get clean, and start the day.
It was time to go to work. I didn’t bother to look outside the window; I knew exactly what it looked like. Drab and grey. Slow and dark. Monotonous and heavy.