Last One in the Office

The office has emptied, the sensors have dimmed the lights, and the building has begun to act as though you are no longer there. Against the hum of air-conditioning and the lift descending without you, loneliness becomes less a verdict than the ache of being unwitnessed. A quiet reckoning with the part that wants company, the part relieved to be alone, and the truth that the last one in is still someone.