We laugh at their uncontrollable weeping, forgetting that we too have shared a secret with a confidant.

This couplet captures human irony and quiet vulnerability with deep resonance. We often look at someone weeping uncontrollably and laugh at their lack of restraint, completely forgetting our own fragile state—having already confided our deepest secrets to someone else. In mocking another person's helpless grief, we conveniently forget that our own defenses are equally compromised and at the mercy of another.