katallison

Christ. I just saw a woman on CNN talking to a man who was stumbling along, in shock, his hands on two children. He told the reporter his house broke in half. The reporter asked where his wife was. "She's gone," he said. "She's gone... I couldn't hold onto her. She said, 'You can't hold me. Take care of the children and the grandchildren.'" The reporter's voice started to tremble, and she asked the man to tell them his wife's name, in case anyone out there found her. Then she asked where the man was going. He said, "I don't know. I'm lost. That was everything I had. I'm lost." He moved back and forth as he talked, turning his head, as though he could go in any direction or none, as though he had absolutely no impetus to life. The reporter started to break down.

It's four in the morning and I didn't have anyone to tell this to, so I put it here.