Extinct

Extinct - Inktober Day Twenty Four, 2021

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Just like that, everything was gone. What's gone, can't be brought back, only remembered. They say don't dwell over the past, but what if you're told to learn from it. Aren't you dissecting it to a point of no return? Don't dwell over what's gone, so you can move forward? What if you're going in reverse because the path ahead is foggy and somehow the rear view is crystal clear? How can one not think about the things that are familiar? Why not reminisce and enjoy the memories, instead of suppressing them to form new ones that won't even be remembered, because remember, we shouldn't think of what's already gone.

How can something go extinct, when they say no one ever dies, they live in our hearts forever. The memories are what's most treasured. Yet when alone, people don't measure the vast pool of joy they collected. Maybe it's not vast. Maybe past went so fast, it seems trivial. It seems like it could be slower. It's already time for our extinction? That was so quick, there was no time to even have tension.

Time and tide waits for none. Yet people go to the beach to spend time and have fun. People enjoy the tide that doesn't wait, yet lose their minds over the time they spent to debate, on topics they probably hate.

Everyone should learn time management. But what good is managing time, when the universe wants to take us out? Everyone dies someday. So learn from past every day and live that way till you no longer can. What other choice does one have?

We read as kids about the animals that went extinct, the dinosaurs didn't know what was their last day in the playground, just like us who will never know when was that one day when our childhood went extinct too.

What can we do about it as adults? Well, laugh or cry and move on. What else can you do? Be happy to be alive? Have fun? Just passively let clock tick away each second while you watch something on the internet? Anything is fine. You decide. Before you no longer can.

Peace.