I Noticed You Unfriended Me

original photo by Khairul Arifin

I hadn’t thought of you in so long.

I was just walking the other day and the smell of jasmine hit me. It reminded me of the time you surprised me with two plants, after I told you in passing how much I missed them when I moved to New York.

When the memory was triggered, it unleashed a wave of history and emotions that halted me. I stood silent and motionless as your deluge surrounded me…