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Tears

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Published: May 29, 2017

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Literature Text

It all comes down like a rainstorm
Or in fits and bursts like firewood
But eventually it comes
Rolling down the face

Tears, and with them pain
A disbelief that things could be this way
That this could actually happen
That truth hurts more than any weapon

For truth divorced of malice
Or benevolence
Is its truest form
And comes not to destroy
But to warn

Warning: things aren't what the used to be
And not only that, but they simply never were
And none of it matters, because it's in the past
And the present is a continual onslaught
Of demands made by everyone

And so the tears come
Not to wash away, but to release
Though the pressure is always there
Right behind the windows to the souls

Those windows stay barred mostly
But occasionally they must be opened
Lest they shatter and the house falls
For a house divided cannot stand
And the pressure presses on the cracks

We're all a little leaky
All a little sad
No one bad, no one good
Just full of tears
Waiting to be released