The OCEAN OF TEARS

THE OCEAN OF TEARS

Is where many people

Have cried because of

Their unknown fears.

THE OCEAN OF TEARS

Took many years to fill up

To understand not everything

Is being offered by hand.

THE OCEAN OF TEARS

Will always be around

Until we learn to

stand firm on our own ground.

If we allow ourselves to love

Experience hurt, to trust

With all our hearts but know

In order to trust, we should

Take what we must.

To be wise, strong, loving,

And to be tall

To see we can't have it all.

THE OCEAN OF TEARS

Has been building up

From so much sorrow.

But on the other side

Of that river

Is a brighter tomorrow.

I myself had shed many drops of water

Into that river of tears.

To see my own reflection and know

I can turn my life in a new direction.

If I can allow myself to see there

Will be bad days and good days that will

Be so much better, then with this bit of knowledge

I can end my letter.

© Marabi Amfaal Hydara 

The Humanitarian Poet