Gemotions

The weight of the textbooks pressed down on her as she walked the streets after the news. The scholarship had been a mistake. The realization that someone else deserved the money, the opportunity, hit her like a punch to the gut. She walked slower. The city, usually vibrant and full of promise, now felt like a cage. She couldn’t shake the sensation of being buried alive. The faces of the other students blurred into an indistinguishable mass, each one a reminder of the chasm that had opened before her.