Tears

Some tears show us how deeply we hurt someone,

some show us how much someone loves us,

and there are some people

who laugh until they cry.

There are some tears

that show us how happy one can be,

and some that show us

how sad they are.

Some sorrowful tears stay within,

the most dangerous of all.

Unable to flow out,

they slowly turn into a poison

that could kill from within.

And there is another kind of tear

that rolls down for someone special

the moment we see them.

The tears that flow at death

of a loved one are unbearable even to witness,

for they carry within them

Many emotions at once.

But the tears that flow for love

are the heaviest a heart can bear,

for they are a mixture of feelings

that words alone can never explain.

Not all emotions come with smiles;

some are expressed through tears.

Whatever the emotion,

tears never taste sweet or bitter.

So, tears are a way

to express what we feel within…

a few drops

with many identities:

happiness, sadness,

loss, gain, grief, betrayal…

But when the tears that flow

from the person we love too much,

Bring a different kind of pain,

one that we never wish to see.

By

Sanji-Paul Arvind