Quite the haunting piece, I read it picturing the lake itself as an oasis in a busy metropolis. The last remnants of his former self being lifted onto the wind.

Full of emotion, but dark emotions. Not a lot of sun here, though it could be a sunny day. You didn’t use the opening line. :P
He seems to have not completed his mission. He went there for a reason, but left after the pain was too great to continue. Unsure what that mission was. You hint it was to revisit those memories, (Maybe to heal them) but it could have easily been to talk to a person, deliver a message, say goodbye to a family member, etc. The description is wonderful in this piece and it is indeed haunting. Maybe some things are best left in the past.

“He finally musters the courage to revisit the icons of memory and they awaken a tumult of emotions inside of him.” what a wonderful line. I can relate to this statement, I’m sure in a different way. But that is the beauty in writing. And the ultimate compliment for a writer- when the readers can take a piece or the whole and relate to it . I agree it is quite haunting and mysterious and begs more questions about his story. Well done.