To Anyone Who Finds This

To anyone who finds this--

Congratulations to me! I'm no longer the only human on Earth. I don't know who you are or where you've been hiding this whole time, so let me catch you up to speed on a few things.

Roughly 2 years ago, aliens invaded Earth. They took all humans and animals with them. I imagine that they have a large planet where they're all living in harmony together. I try not to imagine the worst.

In fact, I know that some Earth-things are still living up there. Each month before the new moon appears, what looks like a single shooting star falls to earth. Inside is their gift to me. Payment for tending to the earth.

They usually send a wild animal that I will hunt and eat for dinner. They once sent a rabbit and I kept it as a pet for a whole moon cycle. The next gift was a tiger and it ate my rabbit and took a chunk out of my own arm. I caught him and cooked that sucker up.

Listen, there’s a reason why we never ate tiger in the pre-alien days.

I digress.

Once they sent me a locket. When I opened it and saw the photo, I had to blink back tears. (Maybe I even cried. There are no witnesses.)

The photo was of a couple. They both looked so happy.

I felt more alone than ever.

Ever since the locket, I’ve been hoping and praying (to God, to the aliens) for a woman who will love me and take care of me.

Update!

THEY SENT ME A WOMAN!

I haven’t seen her yet, but there have been signs everywhere. When I came back from hunting the star-gift, my camp had been completely cleaned and reorganized. Curtains were hung (I don’t have windows). There was some onion grass stew on the fire. Simple yet delicious. This camp feels like a home now.

...Update

I didn’t find her, she found me.

“Just look at the dirt on your neck!” she said. I turned around.

My mother.

They sent me my own mother.