By B.K.
Date: 2018 Jan 07
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The Big Weep

I spoke to a woman yesterday
Who kept asking me to forgive her
She was softly crying
And could not stop
So I did not meddle
Just kept asking her questions
To help her with her claim
I told her that no matter what is was
Not to let it get her down
I told her I was old enough to know
That you just have to keep getting up
No matter how many times or ways you fall
I had her laughing for a second
And then she went right back to her sorrow
I then realized she was not crying
She was weeping
And at that moment
Saw the difference firsthand
I told her I just wanted to hug her to death
I told her about the video
I had seen of the brand new deaf baby
That was hearing his mother
Say I Love You
For the first time in its life
And in recollection
I was then weeping too
We finished the claim
Both weeping softly and saying
Goodbye as politely as possible
And I still could not help but wonder
Was it about bad health a death
Or loss of love maybe a pet
So many variables
Then I remembered
A Hawaiian wedding many years back
Everyone wondered why
I was openly weeping
I could never tell them
And of course
So long ago now
It was...The Big Weep
One could never forget
Me letting go of you

bk

the seventh of january twenty eighteen