Tears Do Fall You Know

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Tears Do Fall You Know

by: Ronovan

 

I can’t believe this, he thought. A father, I’m going to have a little princess. I’ll call her My Baby Girl and she’ll be my Angel. I hope no one notices the tears. I’m too big to cry, but I don’t care. Every man wants this. Every man needs to have that little bitty thing to hold in his hands and heart. And she will never date or get married. She’ll always be My Baby Girl. He stared ahead still stunned by it all, shell shocked in the glory of the news.

 

The woman squeezed his hand a little tighter. Her mind raced with what to do. I know he wanted a boy, all men do. They want to carry on the family name and do ball games and all of that. I just hope he’ll be happy and love her just as much anyway. She can play softball and tennis and things like that, but I’m not going to force her to. He’ll have to accept her as she is. He’ll just have to get over it. Her grip tightened slightly in anger. She felt his hand give, as if not even there. Caught up in his self pity, she thought.

 

Another death in the family I imagine or he lost his job, the woman thought as her needles worked without thought. So many men cry in this park. Perhaps there is a misery attached to it. I could get Maggie to do an exorcism and cleanse the place. But then that might get rid of John too. Me and my John need our time together. She looked at the seat beside her, not seeing the green slates but the image of an elderly man with a bag of breadcrumbs for the pigeons. Her needles flew and the couple walked on. Poor dear, she thought.

 

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42 thoughts on “Tears Do Fall You Know”

    • Thank you! Looking back it was a bit too concise. I could have put more environmental feel into it such as wind chilling his face as it blew through the tears, and things like that but this was the first thing that hit me so I went with it. I had no idea the lady was going to think about an exorcism until I started writing the sentence and there was no John. Again, I just got out of the way of the story.
      Much Respect
      Ronovan

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  3. Loved it! I agree with nubianwaters. The little old lady was hilarious. For the record, girls can play ball games like baseball and basketball, not just softball and tennis. Maybe you can pass along the message to the expecting mother 😉

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    • Thank you! I think maybe mine was a bit obvious but it is what came to mind…well the little old lady at the end sort of wrote herself. I had no idea she would think of an exorcist or that there was a ghost or some figment of her imagination sitting next to her.
      Much Gratitude
      Ronovan

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