I sometimes want to just sit and cry,

For no apparent reason, I don’t know why,

It’s not a tremendous sadness I feel,

but a long term hopelessness that’s there for real.

A dam of emotions held back strong,

By a wall of denial that I know is wrong,

But I am a man and convention rules,

And to deal with emotions I don’t have the tools.

Then one day a trigger is casually pulled,

And out comes a tsunami of tears and of snot,

Uncontrollable anguish and a pain that is hot.

Then back to normality, follow like sheep,

Another wall built behind which my emotions to keep.

Remember my friend a tear is not weak, as it heals and it mends,

It speaks of loss, of love and a life that now ends.

It softens the edges and cleans the air,

A silent proof that you were once there.

Yet every heart that ever was, cannot deny,

They carry your storms which beg you to cry,

So drop the mask and let your demons flee,

Your tears are shoots of sweet empathy,

No shame in sorrow no need to hide,

Be assured, the strongest rivers flow inside.