I've edited it a while further, and I'm considering sending it off to magazines, but I don't know if the dark theme will be accepted.
Anyway, I don't know what it is about that story, but it does hit a chord that my other stories can't. Maybe because so much is left to reader interpretation, there's so many opportunities to relate. I purposely let the story be specific on the problems the main character was facing, but vague on what the meaning was, so that could be the key to getting that effect.
Thanks for reading! It means a lot.