"His heart is broken!"

An elderly Japanese woman spoke to me after a Xmas concert here last nite, apologizing for not coming recently to the monthly Fri. nite movies I show in this social center in the complex where we both live (btw, we're both having eye problems.) After we caught up on my bereavement, her tall, fully -Americanized daughter suddenly said: "His heart is broken!" I was astonished, & grateful to hear her say it. Suddenly the conductor (who I've sung under) walked up & said "You're lonely." I badly needed their acknowledgement. 

POEM VERSION:

MY BROKEN HEART

After the Christmas concert,

an elderly Japanese woman

apologized to me for missing

the monthly movies I show

here where we live. (We're both

both having eye problems.)As

I recounted my bereavement;

her Americanized daughter

told her "His heart is broken!"

astonishing me. The conductor

(I've sung under) said to me:

"You're lonely." 

(10 DEC 12, Santa Clara CA)V3