After The tears

Hurt, sadness take over you as tears stream down your face.

You cry because you can't take anymore.

You weep because your heart lets go.

Eyes are swollen, they are dry.

So, why, again, did you cry?

You wonder what difference those tears made to your grief.

Is it that you don't fell the pain anymore?

Do you hurt a little less?

Does it pain a little less?

Does it wipe out that memory?

The one that induced those traitor tears............

All you can do is now feel numb.

When all sensation leaves your mind.

Do you wish that it could always be like this?

When you've cried out your soul for just temporary peace........

Your tears can't undo the wrong, they can't make it right.

Your tears can't bring back the past, you know it is not changing.

The things you flow your tears for, are they really worth it at all?

Love and pain go hand in hand they say,

but what follows is misery in its wake.

All those times you laughed, all those moments of happiness,

Seem like a distant dream seen from somebody else's eyes.

You need courage now, to face the world

Go on again as if nothing ever happened.

You know you can but then again, why try?

But you have to hold those tears back from the world.......................

You have to be strong...for others' sake.

With this resolve, you wipe your eyes.

But why, then, did you cry?

_______________________________________Sanika