a single tear

about a moment in my life when i was in doubt about making it through a tough time i was going through

A SINGLE TEAR 

IT LINGERS JUST UNDER MY EYE 

HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE, 

IT JUST HANGS THERE BY A THREAD 

HOPING TO CLIMB BACK IN MY HEAD, 

REMINDING ME OF YESTERDAY 

WHEN THEY TOOK MY LIFE AWAY, 

I FAUGHT TO HOLD ONTO THE MOMENT OF TRUTH 

BUT WHAT WAS THE USE, 

IT TOOK AND NEVER GAVE BACK 

CAUSING THIS AWFUL ACHE INSIDE, 

LIKE THE CHAINS THAT BIND MY HEART 

THE FEELING OF ANGER HAS NO SUPPORT, 

IT TAKES AND TAKES LIKE FRIENDS DO 

LEAVING YOU BEHIND ALONE WITH THE BLUES, 

A SINGLE TEAR ON MY FACE 

REMINDING ME OF THE ENDLESS RACE, 

IT LEADS ME TO NO WHERE I KNOW 

BUT TO LET IT FALL I CAN NOT DO, 

JUST LIKE THE BIRD ON THE BREEZE 

FOREVER FLOATING TO NO PLACE, 

LOOKING THRU THE EYES OF HUNGER 

I STRIVE TO OVERCOME THE SLUMBER,, 

I STOOD AT THE DOOR

THAT HELD MY LIFE DOWN,

WONDERING  WHEN I'LL EVER SMILE

INSTEAD OF WEARING THIS FROWN,

I CLOSE MY EYES AND DRIFT OFF

TO THE PLACE I ONCE PLAYED AS A CHILD,

AND TRIED MY BEST TO LEAVE THIS LIFE BEHIND

TO ONLY OPEN THEM TO FIND EMPTINESS STARRING BACK,

I WROTE TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS 

AND WISHED THEM ALL WELL,

TOLD THEM I LOVED THEM AND MISSED THEM SO

FROM THIS CELL OF MAN MADE HELL,

I PRAY EVERY DAY AND NIGHT

FOR AWAY OF BEATING THIS DEATH SENTENCE,

AND EVERY DAY I AM REMINDED  OF MY FATE

WHEN I HEAR THOSE AWFUL CHAINS RATTLE ON THE FLOOR,

Reviews

[Margarette]

Death always becomes unevitable to all unless you have a deadly disease that slowly takes your life away. Elders say that when you will face death you will see your past before your very eyes, like a motion picture, playing the scenes in rapid succession. You have it describe precisely in your poem and I found it very well-written.

[~Sarah~ Idríel T..]

So touching poem!