Twelve years old you

Katheryn 2022-01-25 08:01:53

One morning you woke up from your sleep.
It's too early, you feel that there is nothing to do.
So you start to remember.
You suddenly realize that you can't even remember the names of people who were once very important in your life.
They are dead in your memory.
Disappeared. It's like it never existed.

At this moment you remembered.
The twelve-year-old summer vacation, everything started with children's adventures.
You blink.
The childish faces of the twelve-year-old friends emerged one by one. If you think about it carefully, you can also tell their favorite snacks, their crushes, and their little secrets.
You find the DV copy taken by your childhood sweetheart, pull out the obsolete CD-ROM drive, and pray that you can still see the image.
Then you see the constantly shaking picture and listen to some vague sounds.
You think of you in the past and the future-the details you have to forget, but you still remember the indifference in their eyes when you see them again.
——Will it become like them? Or have they become like this?
Twelve years old, the most intimate age, it seems that I can't come back.

You close your eyes and feel that the morning sun is a bit dazzling.
You see four children chatting and playing around under a big tree.
There are also four young people with sullen faces and expressionless faces, occasionally showing the smiling faces of childhood.
When you were a child, you often fantasized about scenes where your future friends would still play together.
But then you grow up and forget your fantasies, and even about to forget your memories.
You find that the previous fantasy and reality are too far apart.

You close your eyes tightly, trying to remember their names, their faces, and the things they did.
It seems that you think you remember, but it is difficult to describe.
In the early winter morning, you feel that the morning sun is dazzling and a little sad.


[Although I haven't seen him for ten years, I know I will miss him very much. ]
[I never made friends like this again, like those I knew when I was twelve years old. ]
[Jesus, does anyone?]

When this line of words appeared in the subtitles, I couldn't avoid tears.

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  • Gordie: [Angry] Fuck writing, I don't want to be a writer. It's stupid. It's a stupid waste of time.

    Chris: That's your dad talking.

    Gordie: [Still angry] Bullshit!

    Chris: Bull true.

    Chris: I know how your dad feels about you. He doesn't give a shit about you. Denny was the one. He cared about and don't try to tell me different. You're just a kid, Gordie.

    Gordie: [Shocked and Angry] Oh, gee! Thanks, Dad!

    Chris: Wish the hell I was your dad. You wouldn't be goin' around talkin' about takin' these stupid shop courses if I was. It's like God gave you something, man, all those stories you can make up. And He said, "This is what we got for ya, kid. Try not to lose it." Kids lose everything unless there's someone there to look out for them. And if your parents are too fucked up to do it, then maybe I should.

  • Teddy: This is my age! I'm in the prime of my youth, and I'll only be young once!

    Chris: Yeah, but you're gonna be stupid for the rest of your life.