Cringe

Today I came across someone I used to work with and it all came back; the tensing of the body, the shortness of breath, the cringe in the stomach. It all came back in that flash and then I remember that today was October 4, 2008. I remembered it has been years since I worked at that job. I remembered I no longer work with this person who would call me whenever to yell at me and tell me how stupid I was and blame me for everything. I remembered I am not a punching bag or a trash can for this person any more. I remembered that was why I stopped working at that job. And when I remembered all of this,... I remembered I was happy and my body stopped tensing up. I could breath again.