These Tears:
2003-07-23 at 2:23 p.m.

These tears that I shed
Are a culmination, a mass
Pressing upon me
Like Atlas and the world
The weight of which
Is what squeezes
These salty drops
out of corners
Of tightly shut eyes
Driving them down my cheeks
Like solitary raindrops
Seeking the comfort
Of the solid earth below.

Oh, how I wish I were free.


© J. Bernhard

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