My wife woke to the thud of me hitting the floor, and by the time she reached me, I looked up from staring at the empty space below my knee and whispered, “I forgot.”
When the enemy came, I heard a boy cry, “look, the knight has come to save us,” and I ran in the opposite direction.
As I placed it next to her grave, I couldn’t shake the feeling that next year I wouldn’t remember at all.
It wasn't until after he was gone that I learned he only called it his favorite because he was grateful I always found a way to put food on the table.
Before she dissolved into butterflies, she handed me Mr. Teddy, looked back at me, poked my face, and whispered, “Goodbye, Daddy.”
I'm feeling really sleepy now.
It could only have been better if he had known the beautiful bride.
Then he pointed to his dying daughter and continued, "But not one of those pennies would I waste to save her."
The last one was only three seconds long: “Hey Mom, I’ll call you when I get to the base.”
But I live in a house of slamming doors and screaming
I’m sorry, but this is a long process, and her daughter needing a new heart isn’t going to be a factor in setting a date.
A cart crew employee walked behind me, grabbed the sandwich out of the garbage and start eating it.
“Made it for my wife when she was expecting,” the elderly carpenter. “Neither of them came home with me”
Only to be made fun of and reminded of how small my problems are.
Standing in front of the police at my reception my heart breaks knowing the last thing he heard before the truck hit.
Through that same window, we watched a truck slam into their bus—and realized our babies would never be coming home again.
When we pulled into the cemetery, Lissa looked at the flowers in her lap and whispered, “But how will he hear me, Mommy?”
Despite my begging and pleading, all the lifeboats refused after taking one look at the obese woman.
Eventually, I stopped asking why she thought I was.
She’s been gone for six months now, but I still wake up pressed against the edge, with my hand reaching across the empty mattress before I remember.