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Sweet Tears of Sorrow

SWEET TEARS of SORROW Sweet tears of sorrow streaming down, I feel your warm embrace. Falling as you break the strings that hold my heart in place. Why do some dreams wander aimlessly, like a beggar with no home. Then wash up on a lifeless shore to fade...and lie alone. Hopes that come from a lonely heart depend on fortune's empty call. Never able to receive God's peace, left to live in dead Heaven's pall. Francis J Grasso 06.24.2016

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/26/2016 6:57:00 PM

francis, that is cool that you love to live on the edge of controversy. I 'm kiind of that way too. I went back into that poem of mine you liked, the one you said made you cry, and I put back the pictures. I just hope they STAY this time. I wonder if maybe Soup takes them out after they have been a few months scrolling down to oblivion?? Here is the link if you want to see my pics on the poem:http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/if_this_is_my_last_poem_704466

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/24/2016 8:54:00 AM

I really like this, Francis. Especially the first two stanzas. Since heaven is seen by many as a place of new life, I am curious why you used the word heaven for someone who cannot find peace.Anyway, you really get across the sadness of this person.

Francis J Grasso
Date: 6/24/2016 1:15:00 PM

but the last two lines of the third stanza are stronger than they need to be. I also think those two lines expose the poem to some controversy that was never intended. Although I believe poems should be controversial when the subject matter dictates it...I was born on the edge of controversy! I really appreciate you taking time to critique my work...and I really love reading your beautiful work.

Francis J Grasso
Date: 6/24/2016 1:14:00 PM

I wanted the poem to depict sorrow from the bottom looking up. When grief has drained the last bit of faith from a soul. When no hope ever again is seen . I considered using a lower case 'h' in the word 'Heaven' giving it a more metaphoric meaning, but didn't. I agree the first two stanzas came out fairly well - thank you!...