Rafiq

Chased across the estate I grew up on

23 July 2026

Through the garages and round the back of the flats, the exact route I would actually take. Whatever it was stayed precisely the same distance behind me the whole time, which was worse than it gaining on me.

  • fear
  • urgency
  • helplessness

They would like: A symbolic interpretation

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Responses

  • AdeA symbolic interpretation

    One reading only: the distance staying identical is the part I would sit with. When mine did that it turned out to be less about the thing behind me and more about how long I had been running.

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