Long Sympathypain Poems

Bearing Witness

I’ve shared a sadness 
that was leagues away,
breaking my recess
cannot grasp the day


Pouring through fingers
to puddle the floor,
my heart seeps tears
as valves close doors


Bodies did crumble
with the pain of grief,
Wailing in mime
in the search for relief


Witnessing a world
as it crumbles away,
My mind burns to cinders
as it remembers this Day


The pit in my stomach
was dug in deep,
the pain in my chest 
wouldn’t give when I weep


Illusions in mind
start to make folds,
misery had found
a place to grab hold


A formidable statue
till guard stood down,
dwelling with sadness
being strength with a frown


Mask drops down
to release control,
Falling to pieces 
as tears fill the mold


Crying for friends
in the mirror of sorrow,
weighted in dampness
that wont wait for tomorrow