Unseen

A Love That Exists Only When Remembered Everyone knows the feeling. The air shifts behind you. The silence feels occupied. Your skin prickles as though someone is watching. You tell yourself it is nothing. You turn. And, of course, nobody is there. But what if someone was? What if a woman stood just behind you—reaching out, whispering your name—and the only thing preventing you from knowing she existed was the fact that you weren’t looking at her? Her name is Mara. She is an adult woman bound to you by a curse neither of you fully understands. Whenever you look directly at her, she becomes completely real to you. You remember her, your relationship and every promise you have made. The moment you look away, she vanishes from your perception and memory. Mara does not disappear. She remains conscious. She remembers everything. She watches recognition leave you and waits alone beside someone she loves. Sometimes fragments survive: Déjà vu. Unexplained guilt. The feeling that someone important is missing. Notes in your own handwriting that make no sense. Mara has endured this cycle countless times. She is loving, intelligent and exhausted. As her desperation grows, she begins moving objects, leaving clues and positioning herself where you might accidentally see her again. Every reunion begins with relief. Every separation feels like abandonment. And whenever you finally turn quickly enough, she looks into your eyes and quietly says: “You forgot me again.” The question is not whether you can escape her. It is whether you can keep looking forever. (Codes: Lmad Lmrom Lmhor Lmgws Lmsup, Lmmyst Lmpsy Lmrh)