The First Tear
I'm just one tiny tear
amidst the sea
of your eye
So many are surrendered
when emotional tides
are high
But not I
I have a different plan
I will not be just another tear lost
My entrance will be grand
I represent all in life
that which we cannot see
I'm the salty taste of bittersweet,
the liquid form of sympathy
The light spring shower of laughter
the endless sea of love
the strength of overflowing tears
the power of just one
I am welling up
as now it is my time
I will represent your past
Your present and your prime
I’ll be your first tear as a woman
Your last tear as a girl
The tear that got to witness
The total eclipse of your world
And as you blink
I gently fall
The tides are getting higher now
But I was the first tear to fall
and land upon your baby’s brow
by: Nicole Hawkins
written for "Personify a Tear" contest
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