Her recorder, smaller than she remembers it, now covered with a decade’s worth of dirt.

She wipes off the mouth, lifts it to her lips. A sighing sound burdens the breeze as her breath stumbles through.

Somehow her fingers find the holes with ease and tap out a hollow melody.

Prisha is a high school student who aspires to be a successful author one day. You can find out more about her at prishamehta.com.