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Remembering
And forgetting
Childhood memories kept flashing through his mind throughout the day. It had been going on for almost a week now. Trent did not understand what was going on. Why were all these memories suddenly popping up? He had not thought of most of them in years. Why was he now being flooded by them?
Was something momentous about to occur? He had heard about going through a full life review after dying. Was he somehow going through one just before dying? And why would he be dying? He was still young and life had been rather pleasant as of late. It was like every memory flash was a review of a lifetime about to end. Trent was soon filled with unease.
The memory flashes came out of the blue and did not seem to have any connection with the present. There was no theme or order to them. One moment he would remember riding his bicycle to the library as a little boy. Twenty minutes later a memory would pop up of him writing a poem while sitting under a tree in a park while in college. Later he would relive that time he stood at the railing of that bridge in the town he used to live in. For a long time he just stared down at the river flowing under him.
It was like the vault in his brain where all the memories are stored broke open and the memories were gushing out. He was inundated and could barely focus on the present world around him.
