Banshee

Hello.

*Uhuu... Uhuu...*

What is your name?

...I do not have a name... *uhuu... uhuu...*

Why are you crying?

I am crying because it is sad... *uhuu...*

Sad? What is sad?

It is sad... everywhere is sad... *uhuu...*

...I do not understand what you mean.

*uhuu...* the world is full of sadness... but the world cannot feel it. The world cannot afford to feel it... so I do in its place...

Sadness, as in...?

Pain...despair... death. Everyone feels sad when it happens to them. Everyone feels sad when it happens to others too... but only those close by notice, and only for so long...

Everyone feels sad? I still do not understand what you mean.

When one is hurt everyone feels sad. Especially in death. The ripple of those lost spreads throughout, no matter how small. But though everyone is sad in their hearts, they see it not in their minds.

I am the one that cries in place of everyone... *uhuu... uhuu...*

Everyone...?

The man involved in the traffic accident... the disease-struck child in the impoverished land... the victim of an unfair homicide... and the murderer being executed for justice... *uhuu... uhuu..*

And you cry for all of them? For all of us?

We are sad. Everyone is sad, but if everyone knew it they would not live. They could not live. So I stay... here... crying... *uhuu... uhuu...*

Why do you do this...?

*uhuu... uhuu...*

Why not happiness? There is lots of happiness in the world, why not feel joy instead?

Joy... everyone has joy... everyone has sadness... but everyone cannot feel both at the same time... everyone wants joy, so I will take away their sadness...

But... what about your joy? Your happiness?

*uhuu... uhuu...*

You will keep doing this... forever?

*uhuu... uhuu...*

...Who will cry for you?

*uhuu... uhuu...*