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