blast from the past

Have you ever had a cut that you thought was healed then one day you bang it against something and it starts bleeding again?

Today, I saw an old acquaintance that I thought I would never run into again. Even though I saw a spark of recognition in her eyes when she saw me, she pretended not to know me and so I did the same. So I was standing there, acting like the perfect cashier and finishing her mother's transactions, meanwhile trying my hardest to ignore the aching wound that seemed to have reopened in my chest.

Funny...I guess some hurts never heal...or at least take a really really long time.