Am I reaching too far with this?

[Camuru]

I took a shot of my son walking away from methat made me immediately think of sadness and the death of childhood, but when I share it, I'm not sure that I am getting the response I want. I got some questions over the "white bit" in the background and my response was the great bright glowing light bit is the proverbial "light at the end of the tunnel"...and this composition is attempting to show the slow decline of innocence in a child as he walks the path towards being an adult. Does this shot say that to you? What could I have done differently to achieve that look/feel about it?

Camera: Kodak EasyShare Z8612 IS
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.9 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[DawnBrandon]

after reading what you wrote I did see that bout the pic it does say that to me but just looking at the pic without any explaination dosent i realy dont kno what you could do to make that clear sorry but i do like it its a good pic!

[Essy]

I see it! I personally would crop a bit from the right hand side and from the bottom (basically follow the law of thirds a bit closer). Bringing more of a focus on the left hand side where the angle of the road draws your eye more towards 'the light'.

[AdrenoJunkie]

I think Essy means something like this...