Counting Tears

One. Two. Three. Four.

Droplets fall

Down they go

Down the drain

Straight to shore

Five. Six. Seven. Eight.

Down they dance

As I break

Into a crazed sweat

Of a mess

Dirty and unkempt

Like a bird's nest.

I dread...

The silence

Of death

In your depth

Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve.

Oh how I dwell

With emotions that swell

In my weakened chest

Since others have wept

For me and myself

When I realized I was...

dead.