Theresa Davis

Asher - The Heart-Shaped Locket

It is the year 2053, and Asher is asleep in his pod tube. His recurring dream takes him to a utopia of just 32 years prior when his mother was just a 13-year-old girl. As a child, Asher loved listening to his mother telling of the time she and her siblings spent with their grandmother, who they called “Nanny”. His mother recalled just how much they all enjoyed spending time at her house which sat across from verdant rolling hills pastures, where she and her siblings roamed free to catch fireflies in the summer evenings, and where the sweet smell of honeysuckle permeated the air. Such sweet memories for his mother and her siblings. Oh, how Asher longs to experience such utopia.