Fool To Cry | Tegan & Sara

I’ve always liked saying this rather cruel phrase:

I want to taste your salty tears.

It’s awful. Just awful. At least it sounds awful. And I feel a little awful when I say it. But I don’t say it to be awful. I don’t say it to be cruel. I say because it’s a (not-so-) funny way of saying something difficult.

I don’t like to see people sad or upset. But I do like to see people cry. Specifically the ones that hold back their emotions. The ones that stand stoic and silent when their world is changing dramatically. Because they feel a bit unnatural to me. 

They feel unnatural when they're unfazed by change. Or when they show no emotion as they're encountering something hard or harmful. But when they reach that point when they cry, it feels like they’re doing what they need to do. It feels right. Like even their body understands the force of what they’re going through and forces them to respond physically if they’re not going to respond emotionally.

I think crying is like flight or fight in a way. When our body responds for us when we can’t seem to respond on our own. I wish people could cry a bit more…or maybe just do what they need to do to not have to be forced to cry maybe. Either way, I’ll probably keep saying I want to taste your salty tears…but I’ll never think anyone is a fool to cry.