When death comes, time lingers, let go

Dell 2022-09-12 01:13:29

In the romantic capital of Paris, Roman, a handsome and charming fashion photographer, fainted during a photoshoot and was diagnosed with terminal cancer by a doctor, with only three months left to live.

He turned off all his work and went home to have dinner with his parents and sister. Elaborately rehearsed to tell the truth to his family, and also took heroin to strengthen his courage. The family at the dinner table was short of parents, and Roman couldn't muster the courage to tell his relatives, so he used words to hurt his sister to vent his emotions. His sister burst into tears, and he left with a look of guilt.

He and his sister had quarreled since childhood, and they didn't communicate when they grew up, and they didn't even make phone calls.

His mother loves him, accepts everything he has, and only wishes to have a grandson, but as a homosexual, he cannot achieve it.

Although my father loves this family, he often has affairs and betrayed his mother countless times, but he is unwilling to divorce.

If it is a family that gets along well, telling the truth that there are only three months of life left, it seems that you can still get comfort from your family and spend the last time with you. However, the seemingly harmonious family has hidden contradictions and is on the verge of being broken, so what can we say? As he said: the mother will be sad, the father will leave, and the sister will secretly be happy and sympathize with him.

He went to see his grandmother, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and told her the truth. The grandmother asked why she only told her, and he said, "Because you are just like me, we are all running out of time". The words are sharp, but the truth. For a grandmother who is not very old, it should be easier to accept the fact that he has left than her parents and sisters. After all, her grandmother is not far from death, and she can understand and understand his feelings...

He drove away with cruel words. Sasha, a childhood sweetheart boyfriend who went to work, cites the reasons that he is no longer passionate and has no feelings. He wasn't even afraid of death, and he wasn't afraid to leave the image of a jerk to his boyfriend.

Break free from the shackles of relatives and lovers, it seems that he can slowly rot and die alone in a dark corner...

The loneliness before death is the ultimate. He went out shopping alone, ate alone, despaired alone, endured the great pain of his body and heart alone, and shouted against the wall...

Death belongs to the individual, but when he is infinitely close to death, loneliness also follows. Come, after all, a person can't bear the loneliness, anxiety and confusion before death.

So, in a familiar place, childhood memories came to mind: my young self, my lovely sister, my childhood sweetheart Sasha... The pictures of memories are softly lit, warm and yellow, and the gray and cold tones in reality, the smell of disease and death In sharp contrast. At this time when light and darkness coexist, joy and depression coexist, the meaning of life finally defeats the decadence of death. He decided to save his relationship with his sister, Sasha.

He called to apologize to his sister, admitted his faults over the years, expressed his love for her, and took pictures of her and the child from a distance where she could not see. The time and memory that the photo resides in is only a fragment, which is insignificant compared to the human brain. It's just that people will leave one day, leaving this world with all their memories, and then the moments recorded in the photos will become eternal.

He helped Sasha find a job, and asked Sasha to come out, hoping to have sex with Sasha for the last time. Sasha refused. Sasha asked why? He said he didn't know either, and then put Sasha's hand over his heart and asked if he could feel his heartbeat. Roman knew early on that he would not get back with Sasha, and he couldn't bear to let Sasha suffer the pain of losing him, so his retention was only reflected in an attempt to retain the feeling of being with Sasha through a sexual encounter. Sasha didn't agree, so he could only let Sasha feel his heartbeat and his love.

He found an infertile couple he had met before, who had talked to him about having his wife have a child with him, and he agreed to the couple's request.

Two months later, Roman met the couple, and he transferred all his property to the name of their two-month-old child. The birth of a child mirrors his rebirth. Naturally, the precondition for rebirth is the coming of death.

He cut his hair, wrote his will, and threw away his mobile phone. This time he really broke free of all restraints and went to the beach alone.

At the moment of death, he was sitting on the beach, and the young him appeared in the hallucination. He helped the young him pick up the ball, and his eyes were full of hope and relief. He eventually reconciled with the younger him, too.

Roman found love in the process of facing death and redeemed himself through love. Maybe life is destined to be a lonely journey, and you will meet all kinds of people on the journey, but you will always be alone when you reach the end of your life, and when death comes, you will be the only one to face. However, learning to reconcile with loved ones, reconcile with the past self, and leave with love may add a touch of warmth to the tragic death.

In the end, when the sun set on the beach where the crowd was scattered, Roman smiled and lay on the beach and died quietly.

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  • [Romain's mother expresses her interest in Romain taking photographs of the family]

    Sophie: Save you breath, Mom. We're not hip enough. He prefers actresses and models.

    La mère: Don't say that. He just hasn't had time yet.

    Le père: Of course.

    Romain: No, she's right.

    La mère: Why do you say that?

    Romain: I don't want to photograph her kids.

    Le père: Romaine, stop.

    Sophie: Leave it, Dad.

    Romain: And you know why? Because they sprang from you, and your ugly mug would be in the picture. It makes me want to puke.

    La mère: Romaine, stop it!

    Romain: No wonder your man left. It's like you made the kids alone.

  • Le père: How are things with Sasha?

    Romain: Not bad, not great. We'll probably break up soon.

    Le père: Shit. Why?

    Romain: Like in all couples, routine kills desire.