Bag Lady

James Mylenek
2024-11-11

Aniyah battles the present while still fighting her past. Scared of the future, how will she leave her baggage behind her?
10
5 min

Aniyah, a troubled homeless woman, is stuck in a loop of harrowing trauma. Frozen in time, she takes it day by day, searching for a new place to rest each night. As she continues this inevitable nomadism, she meets Pearl, a girl sobbing at Aniyah's bus stop. Aniyah uses what's left of her courage to ask the girl what's wrong, and in return, Pearl reveals the secret to moving onto the future.