You go to visit him at home a few days later. An old man welcomed you and smiled at you very gently but somewhat naively. That old man was a far cry from the generous man of yesteryear, slow and not interested in anything in life anymore. The old man did not recognize his friend and when his wife took out the book, she asked him to sign it. He sat down, put on his glasses, meditated in front of the book and wrote the shaky words "fly...". You are shocked to realize that he seems to be writing with his mind wandering in another realm, not having much to do with the present.
Remembering your father in the past, in the last days before leaving the temporary world, there's nothing left to worry about. Sitting quietly in the chair, turning on the TV and looking at the images passing by as if senseless. Your aunt came to visit and gave you a precious gift, but your father still didn't look at it indifferently. The aunt looked deeply at him, shook her head and told her friend: It is impossible to engrave words on rotten wood.
The neighbor's daughter said that her mother has been confused about the concept of time lately. Waking up in the middle of the night, I thought the sky was making a loud noise, why is it so dark these days? Then she lay down for a while at three o'clock in the morning and called her daughter loudly, asking why she didn't go to work and asked if her mother had taken her sleeping pills. But when asked about last night in the morning, she couldn't remember anything. For many months now, she has mixed up people's names and events, stuck one man's beard in another woman's chin, and always believed in what was said. But she is still luckier than many other elderly people in not forgetting her child's name, her child's face... Because there is nothing more painful than when your loved ones do not recognize you.
In the afternoon, you sit quietly and reflect on life , about the twilight years of your life. And I feel how lucky I am, to still feel the beauty of the coming autumn from the golden sunlight to the rustling falling yellow leaves.
