writing

why we cry

in
  • The new leaves of spring
  • The last leaves of fall
  • Television commercials (despite knowing they are designed to cause tears)
  • Chopping onions
  • Birth
  • Death
  • Everything in between
  • Laughter
  • Kindness
  • Pain
  • Exhaustion
  • A single special moment that will never be repeated
  • Remembering
  • The anguish of shouting into an abyss
  • The relief when it answers back eventually
  • Injustice
  • Those little disappointments that come when dreams aren't realized
  • Those little disappointments that come when dreams are realized
  • Knowing we're all alone
  • Knowing we're not alone
  • Watching two birds fly overhead
  • Reading words that someone else has written that say what you couldn't say
  • Writing lists like this