Crying
A tear may fall to the depths of your heart.
It may tear you completely apart
as your body racked with sobs convoluting,
begs for soft comforting words, soothing
mind spattered brain
waves, again and again.
Explosive neurons firing
negative
feedback
to the nerve system wiring,
inter-acting
to each muscle
contracting.
The avalanche follows
wetting the hollows
of the eyes,
and overflows.
Everyone knows
the embarrassment
coming to stem the flow of tears,
increasing our awareness in later years
to not make the same mistake again
for fear of bringing back the pain.
© 13 Dec 2010 Charles Henderson
For Paula's "Tear" contest
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