The six men carrying the coffin suddenly stopped walking.
Something was wrong.
The coffin had suddenly become heavier.
Much heavier.
They looked at each other confused.
Then someone in the crowd gasped.
Because an old woman had stepped forward.
She placed her hand gently on the coffin.
And whispered something no one could hear.
Then she started crying.
Hard.
The priest looked surprised.
“Ma’am… do you know the deceased?”
She nodded slowly.
But when she revealed who she was…
the entire funeral went silent.
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The old woman wiped her tears.
“I was his first wife.”
The family froze.
No one had ever heard about her.
She explained everything.
They had married when they were young.
But poverty tore them apart.
He left to build a better life.
And she never saw him again.
Years later she heard he had become wealthy.
But she never tried to find him.
Because she believed he had forgotten her.
Then she pulled something from her bag.
A photograph.
Two young people.
Standing in front of a small wooden house.
It was them.
Fifty years earlier.
“I only came today to say goodbye.”
The priest slowly nodded.
And the men lifted the coffin again.
But now everyone understood…
why it suddenly felt heavier.
Because sometimes…
goodbyes carry more weight than wood.
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