Tears
The body's own irrigation
To wash away the pain
From grief
From pain
From humiliation
Diluting
Dissolving
But not solving
Why can't they carry it away?
Like flotsam
The broken splinters of our life
Sinking into the abyss
Drowning in a wave of
Sorrow
Tears
An outward display of
Turmoil
Stress
Why can't they carry me away?
We cry when we're grieving or hurt. We cry when stress or our emotions become too much for us to hold inside, so it leaks out. Sometimes, this is as a stream. A trickle that belies the flood it could easily be.
Other times, the flood flows freely. It can wash away the dirt or dust. It can soak the cheeks.
But why can't it just wash us away and leave the pain behind. A tombstone to make where we were finally broken?
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Pieces of Me
PoetryPoetry can give an insight to the soul of the writer. Or the reader. Poetry can touch on the feelings you don't want to admit to, and those you wish you could celebrate. On life. On time. On what it is to be you. Here's Pieces of Me, a poetic intros...