i keep seeing this old man.
Old... grey... wrinkled... skinny...
He stoops over when he walks and has difficulty moving his left limbs... a sign of a stroke?
its been years now.
He lives alone. I know... One day i absentmindedly went up to his unit one day after school. He looked up from where he was sitting in the balcony and gave me a nice warm smile.
i smiled and ran.
I was thinking how it was if your children just leave u like that.
I keep reading stories abt how a parent feels immense pain when their children just disappear from thie sight and stuff. I have no idea how that feels. Maybe in the future. But not now.
Like you know... you have a son... your only son.
Such an intelligent boy. Naive somewhat but such and adorable son! and he's yours!
Soon,.. your son proudly drags home another kid from school, beams up and says,"This is my friend!"
Before you know it, he scores his first A in class.
Then another....
And he fails his first test. Oh the rage you feel.
But then he brings back sth from art class just for you. Feel better?
Next thing you rememebr is your son's antics on the hotel room bed while you and your life partner are at a holiday in.. say... Turkey.
You son grows..... he gets wiser... ou start to tell him about life and puberty.
He shouts at you for the first time.
he starts going out later and later in the night and he starts leaving the house and irregular times at the drop of a hat.
Then you realise that he's not around at night anymore.
No... he's not out being bad. He's not doing anything wrong. Just your son having some time with his friends.
Then soon... he doesnt call home.
You call him. After a few times, he starts shouting over the phone everytime you call.
3 nights, he;s not home.
6 nights...
19 nights...
nothing.
Then you start to realise.... when he comes home... it's emptiness.
he sleeps.
he still studies.
he eats.
he watches sme tv.
then he goes out again. For the whole day.
When was the last time he showed off some funny antics at you and you partner?
Who knows... maybe you'll never get to experience that again.
.....
.....
...
The old man died soon enough.
the only people that turned up was his kind niece and her family, the residents that know him and the undertakers.
Where are his children?
Old... grey... wrinkled... skinny...
He stoops over when he walks and has difficulty moving his left limbs... a sign of a stroke?
its been years now.
He lives alone. I know... One day i absentmindedly went up to his unit one day after school. He looked up from where he was sitting in the balcony and gave me a nice warm smile.
i smiled and ran.
I was thinking how it was if your children just leave u like that.
I keep reading stories abt how a parent feels immense pain when their children just disappear from thie sight and stuff. I have no idea how that feels. Maybe in the future. But not now.
Like you know... you have a son... your only son.
Such an intelligent boy. Naive somewhat but such and adorable son! and he's yours!
Soon,.. your son proudly drags home another kid from school, beams up and says,"This is my friend!"
Before you know it, he scores his first A in class.
Then another....
And he fails his first test. Oh the rage you feel.
But then he brings back sth from art class just for you. Feel better?
Next thing you rememebr is your son's antics on the hotel room bed while you and your life partner are at a holiday in.. say... Turkey.
You son grows..... he gets wiser... ou start to tell him about life and puberty.
He shouts at you for the first time.
he starts going out later and later in the night and he starts leaving the house and irregular times at the drop of a hat.
Then you realise that he's not around at night anymore.
No... he's not out being bad. He's not doing anything wrong. Just your son having some time with his friends.
Then soon... he doesnt call home.
You call him. After a few times, he starts shouting over the phone everytime you call.
3 nights, he;s not home.
6 nights...
19 nights...
nothing.
Then you start to realise.... when he comes home... it's emptiness.
he sleeps.
he still studies.
he eats.
he watches sme tv.
then he goes out again. For the whole day.
When was the last time he showed off some funny antics at you and you partner?
Who knows... maybe you'll never get to experience that again.
.....
.....
...
The old man died soon enough.
the only people that turned up was his kind niece and her family, the residents that know him and the undertakers.
Where are his children?
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