Tears

Tears

please

grant me tears,
tears i yearn for
more than the cause
or a forgetting,

cold crushing tears
that set my body
shaking and bring
me to my knees.

grant me tears

tears that flow as
streams to rivers,
cool and forgiving.

try, I cannot rouse
them in the dark
of night or the light
of day.

grant me tears

tears hell bent
that yield or stop
for nothing,

ones that release
a dark bound pain
as a dove upon
the breeze.

please, grant me tears

as prayers, true pure
and clear, that heal
and reveal a path
to walk, now free.