Sometimes I use my tears
for everything all at once,
I remember ALL the pain,
I experience all the love
that has passed me by,
I cry for the people
who needed me
when I wasn’t there,
for lost dogs in my life,
for dreams
that should have come true
and misunderstandings
that should have never been
for death, and for life,
and for those
who never got a chance to live it.
Sometimes I use my tears
to break all at once
to shed them until I am empty
so that I might be filled again.
Diane Griffin ’90
(me)
Nov 20, 2012 @ 16:08:45
So beautiful, what a soul searching poem – we have the same right to our tears as we have to our laughter, but we are always embarrassed over our tears – why ???
Nov 19, 2012 @ 14:29:29
Beautiful, Diane! I can especially relate to the line, “I cry for the people who needed me when I wasn’t there.” The only thing we can do is learn from our past mistakes and try to do better in the future. Thanks for sharing this one with us!
Nov 19, 2012 @ 15:01:29
I wrote this when I turned 30, how much I have learned since then! Though, I still end up finding myself taking advantage of a good cry, by crying for everything all at once after I have had a good cry for whatever started my tears… That’s why I love writing, it makes you come back full circle and look at your heart.
Thanks for reading!!