A single tear runs down my
face I can see it clearly in my minds eye
But my checks stay dry
regardless of the pain inside
Why can't I cry out the pain
inside to ease it's passing
With the eye of my mind I
see tears dripping from my chin
Words fade to transparency
because of the pain inside
My ears fail to hear any
words of comfort that others whisper
My tongue is still and
placid in my mouth with a words unspoken
And yet I imagine these
tears running down my dry checks
Why can't I release this
pain? I shudder from it's strength
A terrible wind forces me
along this path and dries my face
I wish I could collapse and
give up instead but I don't
Fire washs my face clean and
leaves no evidence of it's passing
Aches rack my soul to the
point of death and yet my face is unmarked
Time wounds me and drags me
forward without forcing a tear to come
I hurt myself to elicit a
response, I cut myself to the quick in a bitter hope
I find myself doubting a
reality without tears and weep with dry sobs
Why can't I cry at what I
find before me and release tears at what's behind
A dry face is all I have
with a heart full of broken glass
Why am I unable to cry at
the unreality of it all as day by day time passes
In my minds eye I weep and
cry but you can not see this
How do I let you know that
what you see is just the surface of me
What can I do to let the
tears out from the dam around my heart
I feel as strongly as you do
and yet you do not know what I feel
And I have not the words I
can say in this emotional language we share
Listen to me now and know
what I am saying to you without words
It is only shadows and
darkness around me so let me illuminate it for you
I see the tears upon my face
in the mirror of my minds eye
Why do you not hear them as
they fall to the floor before you?
