-deeper- Emily Willis - Barrier -15.07.2021- Online

Emily stands. Slowly, she walks to the line of salt. She doesn't step over it. She kneels, blows gently, and breaks the barrier with her breath.

They tell you the barrier is to keep things out. Monsters. Memories. The hands that touched you in the dark.

(beat) But the real barrier… the deeper one… that’s to keep you in. -Deeper- Emily Willis - Barrier -15.07.2021-

Deeper: Emily Willis – Barrier Date: 15.07.2021 Medium: Short Film / Visual Monologue

The younger girl on the TV stops laughing. She just stares out, as if seeing her future self through the lens. Emily stands

15.07.2021

July 15th. I chose this day. Five years ago, I walked out of that house. Three years ago, I said the name "Emily" for the first time in a mirror and didn't flinch. She kneels, blows gently, and breaks the barrier

The only light is the blue-gray glow of a muted television playing an old home movie. A younger Emily, maybe ten, waves at the camera, laughing.