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Submitted by Tedi Zimmermann
Write a poem about the power of tears.
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“I hate you!” They yell without thinking first
“Your awful!” They scream and they let out a curse
It’s fine, life goes on, nothing to be seen
Unless the receiver’s emotion runs free
If anguish fights containment and the former does win
And salt water burns from their eyes to their chin
Now strangely you begin to regret what you’ve done
And nothing will fix it until it’s _un_done
It boggles the m...
A single tear can kill a man
Or send them to life in the can
In days of old, it got them whipped
Hidden smirks as their skin ripped
What power lies in those tears!
Oh, how an encounter fills my fears.
Tears which can take all one holds dear
Tears which inflict pain on those near
Those tears have stripped those of childhood
Turned children to adults where they stood
Those tears have exclud...
With tears in my eyes,
And face looking pale,
With tears in my clothes,
I tear down the trail.
By a sniff and a snarl,
I was torn from my dreaming,
And my terrified scream,
Tore through the evening.
Now these tears skew my view,
As I tear along blindly.
Just a teary-eyed fool,
With a bear close behind me....
Are you okay?
They ask
I’m sorry, it’ll get better!
They say
Yes, I answer
Of course
I reply
But it’s a lie
No, I’m not okay
No, not today
**There’s a pot**
**In my mind**
**Filling with emotions **
**None will ever find**
And when that pot
Begins to boil
It’s only calmed at night
For when the eyes close
The world seems quiet
Like the monster can never bite
Yet when you wake
The emotions boi...
A tear fell before I was ready
How could something so small feel so heavy?
It’s cataclysmic.
Tears won’t listen…all discretion melts away
They beg to be felt.
They plead to be heard.
Show mercy — they’re carrying the weight of the world.
They lighten the pain.
They soften the hurt.
But lest this deceive you — they’ll rattle your earth....
The pain we hold on for years , ends up falling into tears . The fears loses control now left with a streaming river from the soul .
A continuous flow of memories we keep with emotions leaping and thoughts creeping .
Tales of the hearts silent battles as guilt retreats and anxiety rattles .
Pain screaming throughout a hole deeply etched in our heart .
Where do we start to unravel ?
Find a w...
I feel my heart slowly breaking
As each tear slowly drips down
I watch as you try to remain
Composed head lifted up,
Shoulders back, and hands quickly
Wiping your eyes dry
It makes me want to disobey the
Rules to break my own composure
And hug you
But I can’t and she is lucky to still
Be alive we aren’t even allowed to
Breathe too deeply and yet no one
Has noticed her brushing her tear...
No matter how far you go,
You can never escape me.
I am the salt in the ocean,
The knot in your belly.
The sting in your eyes,
The weight on your heart.
I don’t discriminate;
You can be rich,
You can be poor,
You can be black,
You can be white.
It won’t matter to me.
I am the pain you feel,
Both physically and mentally,
The embodiment of your emotions.
The element you create.
You can run,
You...
tears become my own personal waterfall
drops turn into rushing currents
of the mississippi
i’m the only one here
the birds may visit in the morning
and the tadpoles are too little
to engulf me
human connection isn’t here
the boats pass harbors
leaving me the most still of ponds...
Tears can hurt
They can sting and prick at your eyes
Tears can kill
They can stab and scrape at your heart
Tears can break you
They can rip and tear you in half
Tears can love
They can hug and kiss another
Tears can laugh
They can pour out happiness from your eyes
Tears can smile
They can grin and smirk forever
Tears can Hate
They can silently hurt anyone
Tears can loathe
They can ignore and hu...
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