Challenge
Tears.
Let's face it, we're an emotional lot, we creative types. Write about crying. It could be about the cause of your tears, the emotion behind them, or simply the physical reaction. Poetry and prose both welcome. Whichever way it takes you.
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The Only Time I Cried
Seems forever ago.
Being a boy at ten,
never knowing what death was,
I found out inside a church on a Sunday.
Grandfather lay in quiet repose,
dressed special, like I never saw him before.
Thinking him asleep,
I grabbed his hand saying, “Wake up grandpa.”
He wouldn’t stir.
I thought he was angry with me.
Running from the church,
tears like a thunderous rain poured from me.
He was my favorite friend, bestest buddy;
he told me jokes, made me laugh.
Grandfather was special.
Grandfather was gone.
I found out he wasn’t angry.
I found out he went to heaven.
I smiled a little.
But that also made me cry even more.
No man ever has affected me so.
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Sept. 1, 1890 - June 22, 1957
A Man of Many Seasons
(He was in my life for ten of them.)