No Tears To Waste
Oh river of tears
Waters of sorrow, hate, & fears
Would you care to have another of my tears?
Wouldn’t you just love to collect another tear of depression?
To add to the many you’ve collected from America’s oppression
Do your waters hunger for the hearts’ pain?
A thirst to obtain flooded hopes & sodden wishes to claim
Would your tides rise from gathering tears containing rage?
Does the tear taste better the older the age?
Oh river of tears
Waters of sorrow, hate, & fears
Would you care to have another of my tears?
Does the tear of fervent emotion calm the current?
Stabilize wicked waters coursing through the land.
Do you travel far and wide with the sole purpose to expand?
Oh river of tears
Waters of sorrow, hate, & fears
Would you care to have another of my tears?
Not from this eye will tears multiply
Nor from the other eye will I cry
If I shed a tear to your river
May it be a tear of tenderness
With an intent of bliss
center finger raised for I’ll leave you with this
So float on by river
Just float on by
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Copyright © James Faulkner | Year Posted 2009
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