from a broken past its pining

a voice never far from whining

for her there's no silver lining

still has long lists of her goodbyes

kept a record of all their lies

hot tears bubble in her red eyes

a rip in an embroidered sheet

dust under other peoples' feet

why couldn't life be safe and neat?

if only she'd learned better tricks

how to absorb life's bitte...

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the tears are gone

her eyes are dry

dawn breaks unblinking in the sky

I've confessed all

my conscience clean

surprised she did not make a scene

all those women

the casual lies

yet no questions or fluttering whys

no hint of shock

her sheets are blue;

I told her what she already knew

she'd sucked it up

loved me so much

forgiven all just f...

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latest tears not necessary

descending like ripe apples

hapless hints of discontent

the dew sunlight dapples

I remember when we met

calf with a hint of muscle

smile like morphine drops

amid a mad festive bustle

not a gratuitous weeping

eyes dry as desert dunes

she swayed like Salome

irrespective of the tunes

veils swathe damp eyes

dismantled all...

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years brimmed with men

their feats litter the years

lovers made me cry, life

not whole without tears

sprinkles of teardrop joy

tears of pleasure or woe

better than bland smiles,

tears with no place to go

tears springing universal

weeping tourists glisten

covering a million miles

for a man that will listen

each tear a badge of love

a validation ...

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sensitive about her body

gym doing physical jerks

I praised her endeavours

my flattery usually works

then came a stupid row

for jealousy of her friends

that fresh independence

envy ease of mind rends

my criticisms undermine

confidence to be curbed

barbed comments, digs

her self-worth disturbed

warned her shape awry

put her mind on the rack

g...

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No-one likes to see tears, that

Liquid form of human distress,

Yet human life being what it is

They render make-up a mess

I'd never observed you weep

Your trusting eyes always dry,

Till catching me with Matilda

Made you break down and cry

Tears clear the air like a purifier

Provoking a quantum of sympathy

From anyone that can summon

A minimum degree of em...

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My love was welded by wit

No woman was ever racier

Yet after my crazy revelation

I was sleeping with a glacier

Some things are best hidden

Dont oblige that need to tell

My regrets forged hot tears

For I saw ice in your farewell

My fault misreading the signs

I felt we'd reached that page

Where we became truly one

Not paper lovers on a stage

I'd dis...

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Out of the blue they appeared

Composure broken, cast adrift

Lately she'd been evading me

My questions got short shrift

Nature can only take so much

Secrets discompose its skills

So long we had been at odds

Life an endless battle of wills

We had survived enough wars

Love adrift on waves of years

But nothing prepared me for

The truth in hot sudden tears

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Its been dry for far too long

The air's got parched and dusty

I'm praying hard for rain to fall

My life's been arid and musty

I see how you led me to love you

That easy flattery your smiles

I fell headlong into your arms

Tripped by those practised wiles

If only it would rain today

And wash away my tears

Is that thunder that I hear

Cleansing as it nears?

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Its great when the sun shines no clouds to be seen

And luck is on your side and there's no sign of pain

But life is a roller-coaster its all ups and downs

Sometimes you must shelter from intervals of rain

Intervals of rain intervals of rain

No sky stays forever dry

Intervals of rain intervals of rain

Bring tears to clear your eye

Remember the people suffering out ...

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In those eyes, tears do brim

All a-quiver are your lips

I've done wrong again

The latest of many slips

I rack my brains for reasons

Did I omit my morning kiss?

Or fail to hail your daily bloom?

What critical need did I miss?

As the baby's due next month

I'm watching my p's and q's

Skating on thin eggshells

Pandering to your mute clues

Then it dawn...

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As I recall, you cried the first night we met

I found it unusual though charming

Soon it became clear you cried too easily

That daily weep was something alarming

Tears should be for special occasions

Justified by unmitigated joy or grief

Not turned on like a tap by ephemera

But controlled, orderly and brief

I decided to give you something to cry at

Began to roa...

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