Baker County wasn’t just another stop.

It felt like a place you get sent to be forgotten.

The conditions were worse. The isolation was deeper. And the people… each one carrying their own story, their own way of surviving.

Some prayed.

Some joked.

Some played chess.

Me… I learned how to sit in it.

As the pandemic spread and time slowed down, reality started to settle in.

This wasn’t temporary.

This was my life now.

And no matter what I did…

I couldn’t stop it from moving further away.