Tears of Romance

A blind man jostling to board a bus and no one helps
A crushed roadside dog in a pool of blood and agony-yelps
The memory of my dying brother speaking through his oxygen mask
Hanna Schmitz explaining how killing thousands of people was just her task
The mere thought of not being able to sing again
The joy in your life partner becoming your best friend
The helplessness in the eyes of a child on her school’s first day
The crushed dreams of a young sportsperson deemed forever unfit to play
The quietness of my deaf & dumb friend when I made her laugh
The love letter, incomplete and unsent, saved in Drafts
A written word so powerful it stirs something in me
The sight of a happy family picnicking under a shady tree
Luther Vandross hoping to have his father’s last dance
The reunion of two lovers, parted by circumstance
Welling up my eyes, chants of death and tears of romance