Sadness

What triggers that feeling,
Sadness for the little old man,
Overhearing someone say
They had never seen a little old man
Cry like that.
It didn't help when the next sentence
Was he forgot, and did better,
Which didn't make it ok.
Then the sadness
Of hearing she just stopped
Knitting when her daughter died.
The yarn came with a sad story,
And it was manifest in the way
Projects were just set in the bag.
She was away for a moment,
It really looks like she will be back
To finish.