Sarai shuddered at the sight of the familiar figure walking down the pavement. Despite the years that had passed, her heart skipped a beat as she recognised Rod, her former childhood sweetheart. Memories she had thought buried in her mind came flooding back with a devastating fury.
Suddenly, her mind was invaded by images of the past: their complicit glances, their passionate kisses, their shared laughter. The experiences that had been consigned to oblivion returned to nestle in her soul with overwhelming intensity.
The calm of her current life was disrupted by this unexpected obsession. She dreamt of Rod awake and asleep. His intangible memory, though longed for, tormented her constantly.
That chance reunion awakened buried longings, opening a wound she thought had healed. Now her mind was a whirlwind, torn between banishing those invasive thoughts or letting herself be swept away by the maelstrom of emotions that invaded her.
Sarai realised then that some memories, no matter how much we beg for them, never fully leave our souls.