I Miss You
I saw Buddy The Buddy Holly Story 5 years ago at Interlakes Summer Theatre... meant to write this after I saw the show but never got around to it. I created a prompt for this using the song From This Moment on by Shania Twain but after reevaluation I decided that I'll Be There by Michael Jackson is a better fit... Read on and you'll see why. ' This is set after the plane crash in the graveyard during the funeral services.
The shock of the plane crash had not wore off yet for Maria Elena. She woke up the morning after and went through her morning chores as she normally would expecting Buddy to be there. Her heart was split in half when she realized that he was not there. She numbly got ready to go the church for the funeral. She knew that going to the church would make everything seem more real and she wasn't ready to accept that yet.
She sat numbly through the church service as people talked about their memories of Buddy, Ritche Valens and The Big Bopper. The church service lasted for an hour and then everyone proceeded to go the gravesite for the burial.
Maria Elena stood in the back with her mother, sister and brother in third row from the front. Her sunglasses shielded her eyes from everyone so no one would see her cry.
After everyone departed from the gravesite she hung back and walked to her husband's headstone. She took of her sunglasses finally happy to be alone and be able to not hide her tears behind them.
"Te Amo Buddy. I miss you already. I don't know what I'm going to do without you."
She was alone with her sadness and her tears. A soft wind blew through the trees rustling the leaves.
"Do you hear me Buddy?" she whispered. "Are you listening?"
The wind blew through the trees a second time and Maria glanced skyward.
She knew deep down inside her that the wind was her husband's voice responding to her and saying.
"Just call my name and I'll be there."