For Doe
one of my heroes cried today
right in front of me
it was just for a second
brief moment out of time
but it crashed my world
and fucked with my mind
one of my heroes cried today
her facade cracked in an instant
i had to watch her do it
it snuck up on the both of us
and broke my heart
i've known this woman for
twenty years, or so
and we have shared
and cared
sometimes dared
we have laughed
saw babies born together
been through the deepest pains
and held dear ones when they died
but we never cried
we loved life to the fullest
we raised our kids
we did what we did
and
no one else EVER got what we did
but me and her
but we never cried
oh a tear, now and then
when we lost a friend
or relative whom we loved
but those aren't the tears i am talking about
i have never known anyone else in my life
and believe me i have had THE life to know
and friends uncounted, numbering high
but not like her
no.
not like her
she is my rock, and i hers
and after all was said and done
we could ALWAYS find humor in the things
that life sent our way
until last year
now the humor is gone.
forever gone.
and just the pain remains.
and no one else gets it.
i know they don't.
they never will
i think it was the hardest thing i have ever done
to just sit there.
when her face cracked, and her voice cracked,
and my world cracked
because i knew
if i cracked
neither one of us would ever be okay
again
i saw my hero cry today
and the world will never be the same

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