Loneliness

Hello hive
Here's a short story based on my artwork:
The girl in the striped shirt sits quietly, her hand resting on her cheek like she's lost in thought. Her eyes gaze out, but they're not really seeing anything. It's like she's trapped in a world of her own, where the silence is loud and the emptiness is palpable. She's smiling slightly, but it's a lonely smile – like she's trying to convince herself everything's okay when it's not.

The pencil strokes that brought her to life on paper seem to capture a moment of stillness, a pause in time where loneliness wraps around her like a shadow.