There's this old wristwatch I inherited from my grandfather. I don't know why he didn't hand it over to my dad or to any of my older siblings. I was still very young then.
It was when I got older that I got amazed at what this old watch does. Guess what, it never tells what the time is, rather it erases it
I have even forgotten about it, not until one day while we were relocating to another state that I got to see it in-between my old clothes. At first I didn't want to bring it along, I looked so old, but because it was handed over to me by my grandfather I decided to not throw it away.
So, I picked it up, placed it in my new bag along with its small box and we moved. While unpacking at our new place, it fell off its box, the paper box was old already so I trashed it, as I was retracing my steps back from the dustbin I noticed a piece of paper on the floor. I picked it up and on it was written.... "Wind it only when you want to lose a day." I didn't understand it, but it seems to me it fell off the small box I went to trash and it had everything to do with the wristwatch.
The following morning was a Sunday morning, I picked it up, wore it and made my way to church. On our way back I noticed the time on it isn't correct so I wound it. Immediately the hands got together on twelve everything changed. It was as if I was caught up in whirlwind. All of it happened in less than a minute and immediately everything that happened the previous day disappeared.
You don't seem to understand. I mean everything that happened the previous day vanished, like it didn't happen. We didn't relocate, the injury I had on my arm while offloading our loads the previous day was no more there, all the chats I had the previous day didn't happen.
Yesterday was no more, yesterday didn't happen. But I remembered it, like I was the only one who knew yesterday.
And I felt somehow at first, but as time goes on I began to see it as something to pride in. More like a gift I now have. So each time I make a mistake or do something I simply do the wristwatch and wound it. I remember a time when I had an interview, I did badly in it, I just erased it.
But then, I began to feel bad about it when I noticed that each time I erase a day, someone else forgets a memory, either a happy or a sad one. My parents, my friends and everyone forget something. Even my mum didn't remember the day her father died, no one did, because I had out I selfish interest rewind time again.
That was when I decided to let go of the wristwatch and not tell anyone about it. Because I realize that everyday deserves to remain a part of us, a part of our memory, and a part of who we become. But before I did that, I made sure to remove and spoil its control just in case somebody finds it and makes use of it without knowing what it is capable of doing or causing.
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