Reminiscence of Lost Times

Reminiscence of Lost Times

Laying down on a cold kitchen floor, having the cold breeze from the freeze leaking out from a tiny gap, while looking up at the many magnets on the fridge, then looking up at the clock, again changing the view to the calendar on the right. I wonder "Huh...., where did all the time go?" "How long have we been stuck like this?" "When can we go back to travelling around the world like we used to?" "Will we be stuck like this forever?". All these questions popping up into my head makes me feel empty and sad, all the time that we had has passed by like a flick of a finger. All of our time for the past two years has been taken from us as it has fallen into the abyss, is there any hope left, can we turn back to all the lost times? Are opportunities coming?

This piece actually represents how I feel during the ongoing pandemic, somewhat sad in a way. Knowing that so much time has passed by where all the time we could have had travelling around the world or even in the country with family and friends is gone and can not be retrieved back. Every time I lay on my kitchen floor and stare up at the fridge magnets gives me these nostalgic memories that I spend travelling around the world every year collecting magnets like a trophy that we have been to this country before. The fridge magnets show the places we had travelled to before. The clock and calendars indicate that time has passed. The fluorescent light shows hope while the fridge being slightly open with light and cold air coming from the fridge shows that there might be an open door and one day we will have the opportunity to be able to travel freely again. The colour choice actually shows the sadness and how overwhelmed I feel towards the situation.

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