Years and Tears
YEARS AND TEARS
YEARS GONE APACE, FROM PIMPLES TO DIMPLES,
FROM WRINKLES TO WHITE HAIR BRISTLES,
HIS DAYS FLEE UP LIKE A SHADOW AND THEN DISAPPEARS,
SENSITIVE FEELINGS, TEARS HERE TEARS THERE.
LIFE IS A VOYAGE WITH MANY PRECIPICES,
IN SOME OCCASIONS WE CRY FOR HAPPINESS, SOME FOR ATROCITIES.
FOR ATROCITIES, STRESS HIGH IN THE HEART LIKE A DICE ROLLED AT NIGHT,
THE RESULTS? CALAMITY WITH PRICE.
THE HEART COMPLAINS TILL ITS LATE, LIKE A GOAT SEARCHING FOR A MATE.
FOR HAPPINESS, HIS BLISS BURST FOR HIS FAME LIKE A MIST BORN FROM ITS RAIN.
AMONG "YEARS" AND "TEARS", THERE ARE "EARS" THAT LISTEN TO OUR SUFFERING.
PER CONTRARY, LETS FILL OUR YEARS WITH TEARS OF JOY LIKE A WOMB THAT CARRIES A BOY, -ITS A BLESSING.
Copyright © Guru Mordecai | Year Posted 2016
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