Karen Jones Poet Free verse

Tambourine Tears

Tambourine tears fall with such grace
They actually make music on my face
A festival of salt on blackened skin
Pickled smile teasing the audience again
Bitterness is an acquired fruit
After fasting, it is at least something…to eat
A means of consuming protein…the meat
Of getting back to business and reconstructing
Changes shuttle as seasons flavor the wind
Like melting snow
The saltiness gives way to new perspective 
Like lemonade from lemons
Tambourine tears begin to sing
Of jaded joy
Of laughter after loss
Of love and light again

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Duke Beaufort March 9, 2024 at 5:16 AM Karen, what we can do to get going...you're looking at sadness with such eloquence. If you can deal with bitterness in such a manner, you are indeed a miracle in progress. Karen Jones March 9, 2024 at 5:49 AM Dear heart I am no miracle but I am a product of nurture nature and life experiences as you are dear poet and as a poet we have a unique ability to understand and appreciate looking at things differently