Gemotions

The phone slipped from her grasp, the eviction notice a cruel addition to the pile of bills on her kitchen counter. The world seemed to tilt. The walls of her apartment began to spin. Her breath caught in her throat.

She took a step, then another, aimlessly wandering through the small rooms. Her hands went up to touch the walls, almost as if to ensure their solidity. It was all a cage, wasn’t it? A gilded cage, maybe, but a cage nonetheless. She let out a sob.

She looked at her reflection in the dusty mirror, a stranger staring back at her. Her image looked back, lost and broken. She was stuck. She had no place to go.