Tonight I Weep
Tonight I weep.
Awakened by a memory
As my sleep began to part.
Echos of past fallen tears
like footprints on my heart.
So many gifts God gave to me
each one was heaven sent.
I didn’t know what love was,
or even what it meant.
Love for me was a carnival
I played them all like games.
So many hearts were broken
I can’t recall their names.
The best of all life’s lessons
are learned by going through.
I didn’t know what love was.
Til my heart was broken too.
Tonight I weep, but not for me.
It’s a different drummer drumming.
Tonight I weep, but not for me
I know I had it coming.
These tears are those that still remain
from promises unspoken.
Tonight I cry its not for me.
But for the hearts I’ve broken.
Edwin C Hofert.
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