The Tears We All Share

The father who loses a son The lover left all but alone The child who loses a dog The clown who loses his nose The day grandpa fades into the past The night when the house is no longer there The lady of the evening anticipating No one in her boudoir, silence screaming The season when all the flowers die The time when war drums beat My brother who drowned in the sea His passing became my very own misery The blind man with no visions Scavenging for the eyes of the cow The clouds that made the rain The villages washed away in pain The invisible and the black plaques Humanity in numbers falling prey The lovely lady in red Murdered for her diamond ring The bride to be, in all her glory Heartbeat stolen in a medical robbery The singer in the opera Her tongue cut, cultural slaughter Teenage lovers, in lustful love Driving drunk to their graves The high school queen on display Later Shivering and no teeth, no graceful ways The timeless horrors of age That shall capture the balance of us happy souls Lest we forget the dead born Losing the chance to shed even one tear Strangers all, I promise we shall meet The final boarding call, the graveyard is terminal C When you stare into a stranger’s eye Remember these wistful ponderings We all have suffered loss and pain The smile and compassion you offer to all Never shall this be in vain