WHEN TEARS WON’T CHANGE A THING

I personally believe no body is too strong to cry, or too macho or too heartless. Crying has been a part of the human culture since forever, only that the reasons for these tears often vary from joy to sorrow. And there are the people in-between these two extreme reasons for tears. The criers; they cry just because they can. They cry when water runs out of an open tap, they cry Tom the cat is unable to catch and eat Jerry the mouse for the umpteenth time in the Tom & Jerry cartoon, they’ll even cry when they see how pretty my younger sister looks with her new hair.

There are times that when people cry it makes a world of difference. I mean certain people cry and then everything comes to a standstill until the river of tears stops flowing. When any baby, new born or a few months old; should open their cute little mouths to cry, then all units change direction to respond to them. The funny thing is you do not believe that mouths as tiny as that could actually produce that kind of earth shaking noise. The best part is that when they cry, it is because they feel uncomfortable about something or they do not like something, and somebody somewhere does something to change the situation. Your girlfriend cries because you offended her and you change or try to change your ways.

However, it doesn’t always work like that. I woke up this morning to extremely unattractive news. The lady we all call ‘Yeye’, left this world on the first night of the year. So I cried, and it didn’t work. She’s not coming back. I am her granddaughter, so my tears should make a difference to her. But she just decided to leave. That’s one thing I know and I hate that I have had to learn is true. Tears won’t always make a difference. They are an expression and nothing more.

So even though it cannot change anything, I’ll still cry. I’ll cry because the old lady that shows how I’ll look when I am a grandmother is no longer breathing. I’ll shed tears for the beautiful example she laid for me, she was good with business. I’ll weep because she left before it was time for me to do the one thing she asked of me. But most of all, I’ll cry because, a parent of mine won’t see her mother a live any more.

Rest in Peace Yeye, we’ll miss you.

Dedicated to my grandmother Mrs Odetoyinbo passed 2nd January, 2012 at 1:20am.