Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

Different tears...

By: Sharon Darlene Barker

Don't be concerned, my friend...
these are different tears...not as
the ones we've shared before...

So many times we talked...and
each time, you felt the blame...
but, it was my heart that trusted

I should have known...the
coldness was there...but, I thought
I had enough love for both...

Foolish, yes...but, as you know...I
always believed that love was so
magical...it could do anything...

Our first Christmas together...no gift...
no card...but, many gifts under the tree
for him...you were livid...for I forgave...

With each deceit, I forgave...each
lie, I believed...until the last...my
heart, my spirit and my love died...

Oh, how we cried...you tried to assure...
you said a new love would come along
oneday...but, you knew I lost the magic...

The belief that love is the most powerful
feeling in the world...to have someone to
love and to love you in return...

Someone who will share their thoughts...
their passion and desires...their feelings
about love and family the same as you...

I guess, I thought, over all this time...
these were only fantasies...fairy tales...it
only happens in romance novels...

But the tears we shared today, were not
the same as the past...they were different
tears...tears of happiness and love...

Tears that we cry, when our heart is full
of love...when our spirit soars high and our
soul is warmed from the fire of the passion...

The man in my life now, has restored my
belief in love...His love has given me new
hope and a feeling of peace...

So, these tears today are different tears...
tears of happiness and joy...and, my friend,
that "oneday" has finally come...