He essentially is trying to be like his father (who is now dead) but he feels like he's not good enough and has a longing for his father. He realizes that there is no going back in the end -'And the boy he has loved, and the man he has lost'.
His mother is also dead but he feels her presence, he hears his mother's voice motivating him to not give up.... but then he touches his mother's hand... and realizes that she's gone forever also, he wants to feel her love but he is too scared to face facts.
He is nostalgic, he wishes he could rewind time to when he was young and both his parents were alive...he misses the good times.
He essentially is trying to be like his father (who is now dead) but he feels like he's not good enough and has a longing for his father. He realizes that there is no going back in the end -'And the boy he has loved, and the man he has lost'.
His mother is also dead but he feels her presence, he hears his mother's voice motivating him to not give up.... but then he touches his mother's hand... and realizes that she's gone forever also, he wants to feel her love but he is too scared to face facts.
He is nostalgic, he wishes he could rewind time to when he was young and both his parents were alive...he misses the good times.