Eddie's Alterego I

Re-emergence

I was finally leaving my teenage behind me and growing into my adulthood. Now as I think of it, each moment spent in some other age and time went by in the blink of an eye. I wondered if the same would happen when I'd grow old and be sitting on the rocking chair. A whole lifetime spent and it all just seemed like yesterday when I was young and restless. Learning to ride a bike, my first day at school, my first love, this moment - Now.

Will they all become the unsorted memories that can no longer be revised or brought to mind or will I have some recognition of all this after all my years?

What is the true meaning of our life? Is it all just a big waste of time? Where are we headed and is there an end to all of this? Countless quetions come and leave my mind. Most of them remain untouched, unanswered.

As I do come to realise about what a life I had and how I carved my way based on my needs, I seem to have travelled far and wide. The little boy I once looked at in the mirror each morning has now grown old and weary. My face is pale and is covered in wrinkles. I have an indefinite amount of time left for myself.

Even today I look into the mirror making an effort to neaten my thin grey hair. Those eyes haven't changed a bit. There still exists that kid in me that once held his father's finger while on walks and wrapped his arms around her mother before bedtime. One of these days the kid shall fade out with the end of me. But until then, we shall both be a sign of Re-emergence.