July 9, 2008

• Weight

  Aisle-seated on a train bound away from a beautiful union.
  Friends engaged & new memories made…
  Thoughts broken by the abruptness of girl seated quickly;
  Macy’s bag thrown on the floor with a red long-stemmed rose inside.

  “Is this train headed to Baltimore Penn Station?!”
  3 hours into the ride from NYC and she asks now…
  There is a hint of hurt and quickness in her voice.
  “Yes it is,” I answer softly. The next stop is hers.

  As she leaves the train, her rose drops from her bag and onto the floor.
  A man picks it up and attempts to shout, but does not get up.
  Something told me that it was more than just a rose to her.
  So I ran and grabbed it from the seated man.

  “EXCUSE ME!”
  I run down the aisle, praying the train does not pull away from the station.
  Luckily I see her steps away from the train exit and 1/2-way in/out I poke her on the shoulder.
  “You dropped your rose!”

  “Thank you. My grandfather’s burial was this weekend.”
  “I am sorry to hear that.”
  Long-stemmed with no thorns, and a deep red.
  The rose’s weight must of matched her heart.

  And I immediately thought of my grandfathers…
  I needed that.

  • 8:50 pm
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