Can a few words unsettle your feelings ?

Yes…and probably we all know that! And your brain already started to tear the tissue of all situations, just because I`ve mentioned it.
I`m trying to get here to a different aspect…
A person that you relied on, some time ago –years, months; that you haven`t spoke with from a long time because you decided that was the best way for both parts.
I`m referring to all kind of persons, that you could have been emotionally involved at a certain moment in your life- a friend, an ex, a relative- someone to whom you dedicated your respect, trust and the beating of your heart.
Your feelings were arranged and put in a box, letting the waves of time to hurl it into the black holes of your mind. And never, never come back…or you hoped so!
But, one day- out of nowhere- just in front of you, you see that person; a phone call of a familiar voice, a few lines on the window of your computer: “ Hey! How are you? Still alive?”
And all of the sudden you don`t know how to react. Your feelings are pumped up from that box that you considered forever lost! In a few seconds you are crawled into the past, you shiver inside, and regain your emotions. There is no time- just a moment – when you say something stupid like “I`ve been fine. Still alive!” with an insecure smile on your face. And there she was, gone again, for you don`t know how long, the person that came from nowhere to haunt your present.
But the feelings are still there – deeply pushed up! Your brain is flashing memories and you try hardly to concentrate on your actual normal activity. Once again with yourself you laugh or cry…or both.
You have banished all your feelings from your heart, your brain and your skin…and in a few seconds they were back nourishing your hesitation. You are ashamed of your self!
How come – after all this time and all your efforts?
And all day long you are the time machine of your emotions, pushed from a side to another, and no matter how good friends you have with “What`s wrong with you?” and no matter how hard they try to get you out of there – you mumble something with no connection- and you enjoy your stay into the smog where is just you, that person and your feelings - because you know that beyond your sweetest hope, all that was left were just those polite words: ”Hey! How are you?”

And what if you are on the other side of the rope? What if you are The Person that drafts in a few words the crumbs of some deep old feelings?
You find yourself one day- realizing that there was someone in your life at a certain time- that you pushed away with no concrete raison…or you had your raisons! You were just no ready to receive that type of feelings, it wasn`t what you were looking for, wasn`t the right moment or situation, or everything was perfect till it broke apart with no explanations.
Anyhow, you realize-that fellow did nothing wrong, but you just stopped talking with! And you understood that in a moment when you start zipping your address book or you telephone list, or just because it happened to pass by…You are ashamed of your reactions, so you let it go…
Nothing wrong- just a “Hey! How are you?”