Saturday 10 January 2015

MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD



-         Karan Dubey

Was listening to this song called Amnesia when all this started.
All my past memories came crashing down on me. I didn't know what to do or how to react so I decided to write about it and here it is.
It’s funny how we start feeling so empty inside whenever we come across these beautiful memories of our childhood. Those were the times with no worries, no damn care in the whole world, time of absolute freedom when all we used to do was play in the backyard with our friends. Who cared about politics, job or studies? All we cared about was enjoying the moment not trying to survive in this world. No one used to judge us and we found solace in the characters of the cartoons we loved. Those were golden times.
But then something happened we didn't realize this but one day we grew up. The Cartoons and games got replaced with studies and the continuous pressure to fit in this society. That innocence we had as a child was gone. Now we had to be clever and selfish so that we could survive in this cruel world. Everything changed and we forgot our childhood. But imagine this one day sitting alone in the room you come across a song that is in some way related to your childhood days. You didn’t realize it but all those memories that were till-now suppressed comes crashing down on you, drenching you with all sorts of emotion you don’t quite understand.
And these are the times you don’t know what to do or how to feel, you just sit alone away from the crowd on the rooftop or in an isolated room, maybe play a song that you relate to the memories in some way and keep staring in to a corner until you realize, the tears are falling down your cheeks.
You say what’s happening? i don’t cry i am a strong person! But these things are not in your control. You haven’t cried in years but today you can’t stop those tears, they just keep on rolling on their own accord, meanwhile you just put up an empty smile thinking about the memories. Wiping down the tears you think about the people, and all the friends, the things you used to do with them and now realizing how stupid they were brings a big smile on the face.
It’s difficult to imagine in that moment how you feel. You are smiling and crying simultaneously, shivers are running down your body and you suddenly start feeling cold. You feel frustrated, happy, sad and all other sorts of emotions that you have only read about in books. This is exactly how you feel.
But it doesn't end here, without you realizing the minds turn to the future. The people you have in your life, the realization that people you love they will all be gone someday. You had a fight with your mom, with your girlfriend the other day or some sorts of misunderstanding with your best friend and you are not on talking terms to them, but after witnessing these feelings and emotions you would like to patch everything up before it’s too late, and then you call them. You show them your appreciation and love and thank them for being with you at every path of your life.
Yes growing up is difficult but the hardest thing is coming across these kind of feelings. Now writing about it, does make it easier for me to deal with them but i guess there’s no way we can shake them off. After all it’s a part of our past.


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