Tears
If there could be a way to decode every drop
If you could feel the weight of every drop
These tears that drop from human eyes
From happiness, sadness, hurt, pain and lies
Our eyes could fill an ocean with emotion
If we could only follow the path the drops flow in
Tears
Like a river flowing from these eyes of mine
If mortal eyes could see they’re a sign
That I’m hurting inside
That I’m broken inside
That I’m struggling to hide
My tears are a language
They could write more than a passage
My tears, they are my only release
They seem to flow with ease
But I’m telling you it’s not as easy
As it seems humans cannot understand the degree
To which the heat that scorches my cheeks as they stream down
Is burning through and leaving scars on the ground of…time
These tears speak louder than my voice
They are my silent prayers before God
The language that only He can understand
My tears
My every motion He cautions
My talk and the way I’m walking
My God is the only One who knows me
Yet loves me, and rebukes me
Then hugs me, He made me
So who better to understand my tears
Than the One who created me
God is the only one who can hear
The only One that can read
The message my eyes have transcribed
Charity E Tafirenyika © 2013
