Gemotions

The discovery was made during a city clean-up project. She watched as a work crew unearthed a box, and as she approached, she saw her own, younger face staring back at her from a photograph inside. There was a letter with her handwriting, speaking of a long-forgotten ambition, of a love she had moved on from years ago. A tightness built in her throat as she read the letter’s plea for happiness, a yearning for contentment. The letter felt raw. She felt the weight of her younger self’s hopes and insecurities, a silent conversation across the years. She didn’t know what to say, but she wanted to reach out, to reassure the young woman in the picture that things would be okay.