Hello, Jealousy

An imaginary story inspired by true feelings

Gardenia Durian
6 min readOct 17, 2022
Image by JC Gellidon on Unsplash

From: Sweet Pea <sweet.pea@core.soul>
Sent: Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 11:52 AM
To: Jealousy <jealousy@universe.cosmos>
Subject: Hello

Dear Jealousy,

Over the years you have knocked on my door, unexpected, unannounced. Sometimes I let you in and you made a mess in my house. Some other times I forced you out and you just kept knocking.

Last night you showed up again — creepy — standing in front of my window staring at me quietly. I closed my curtain, but I couldn’t stop thinking about you. Somehow I couldn’t recall your face although I’ve seen you so many times. Sometimes you looked like Anger. Sometimes you felt like Sadness. I never thought of getting to know you better. I just assumed that you were someone I should avoid. But I guess it’s time for me to break the silence.

Who are you after all? Where are you from? Why did you show up? What do you want from me?

I’m looking forward to your reply.

Sincerely,
Sweet Pea

From: Jealousy <jealousy@universe.cosmos>
Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:31 AM
To: Sweet Pea <sweet.pea@core.soul>
Subject: RE: Hello

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