Silver Tears

SILVER TEARS You say that you have long since turned off all the lights but one, the light beneath which I have kissed you while pearly dew glittered all around us, a breeze was blowing, and the birds were not silent, but singing at the top of their lungs. You say that you have long since turned off all the lights but one, beyond which everything was freshened with tears gone by, which still shine outside the door of the old house like fairy silver tears. When you think you're alone, know that a calm person is still walking towards your home with calm and measured steps, the person of your poet's barefoot solitude. A long, long time has passed since we used to see each other often, and since all the lights were glowing on earth and in the skies, and since the moon was, with its expression of dominance, power and enchantment, self-consciously sitting up there - surrounded by the stars that give him the eternal magic of youth – and watching the fairy silver tears sliding down your face, as if you were the saddest woman under the heavenly dome. You say that you have long since turned off all the lights but one, beyond which love was so impatient and capricious, in the desire to go from hand to hand of all those who are in love around the world, so they, too, would feel the love I feel for you. © Walter William Safar