[ WP ] The first diary entry of a person who has been accidentally forgotten and left on Earth when everyone else has ascended to a higher plane .

I always wondered what it would be like to be the last person on Earth. I think I know now. I have been trying to figure out what happened, but it seems to be in vain. The last thing I remember before the blackout was sitting at my desk at work, typing an email. 
 
 It was n't an interesting email. I remember thinking it was mundane at the time and was something I felt like I had sent out a thousand times before. I was writing one of my coworkers to let them know I would n't make it to a meeting the next day. Little did I know that no one would make it. That was my last email. Maybe even the last email ever. And it was n't something to be remembered at all. 
 
 I woke up a couple of days ago. Three or four, I ca n't remember which. I was still sitting at my desk, but my computer was off. I thought for a minute that I fell asleep. I was embarrassed and wondered who might have seen me drooling all over the monthly reports or if I had been talking in my sleep. I got up from my desk and immediately noticed something was wrong. It was too quiet. The usual whir of the office machines was gone and there was no one talking on the phone, no doors opening and closing, no one walking around. It was a bit creepy, but maybe it was just late and I had slept longer than I thought. Maybe everyone had left for the day. 
 
 Except it was still day. I could see the sun streaming in from the offices of people who were lucky enough to get a window. As I walked to one of the windows, I looked down at my watch. The dials were stuck at 3:28 but the second hand was no longer ticking. There were no cars moving around the parking lot and nothing moving on the roads outside of the office either. 
 
 I think it was then that I started to realize something was wrong. I walked around the office for a bit but no one was there. I got in my car and drove around for a while, but I came across no one. Not one other person. There were animals, sure. But the occasional deer or squirrel did little to ease my mind. I drove around for hours trying to find someone. Every store was empty. Every road completely open. There was no one. 
 
 So here I am, three or four days later, and still no one. Not one other living soul. It's like everyone up and left but I have no idea where they went. Or how to find them. It's very lonely and very quiet. The TV is n't working. It's just static. Same with the radio. I have no idea what I am supposed to do now. 
 
 For now, I will continue to look for other people. Maybe they will all just reappear. Maybe I have gone crazy and they are all around me right now. Maybe I have just gone. It has crossed my mind that I might have died and this is my limbo. If it is, there has to be a way to the other side. Limbo or not, I have to keep trying to find someone, anyone. I am leaving this note behind in case there is someone who finds it. I am out there. I am looking for you too. And I really hope we find each other. 
 

