Distraught Eyes

Tears spring out of these distraught eyes
like a broken fire hydrant

I'm so deeply wounded inside
that I can hear an internal siren 

It is a warning of my overflowing pain 
there is no rescue mission
in place just the tears that 
help it fade.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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