Touching Myself (audio Only).m4a Today

The audio wasn’t what the title suggested. It wasn't a confession or an act of vanity. It was a sensory inventory. In the recording, Elias listened to his past self describe the physical world as if he were a ghost trying to anchor himself to it.

The audio cut out. Elias looked down at his hands, now older and marked by different winters. He reached out and touched the edge of his desk, the wood grain rough under his fingertips. He felt the ridge of the scar on his palm. touching myself (audio only).m4a

As the 12-minute file reached its end, the background noise changed. He heard the distant siren of a city he no longer lived in. The audio wasn’t what the title suggested