Saturday, February 9, 2008

Her Tears

The rain crashes down on the dry pavement
Forming tiny splashes
Jumping up to meet her

Thicker and thicker
The rain pours from above
Shaping puddles beneath her feet

The strong wind sends ripples through the water
She can barely see
Her eyes clouded by rain

The puddles are growing larger as time passes her by
Had it been hours?
Days?
Was it even years?
All time eluded her

The pools of water
Now creeping up to her ankles
Day by day it rises

Her thighs
Her hips
Her waist
Is she disappearing?
Her frame is now decreasing
As the liquid's mass increases

So much pain she feels inside
She knows not what to do
Bar watch the sea engulf her

It rises and rises
She feels herself floating
Drifting away from it all
Farther and farther
Will she drift forever?

The seaweed flows along the seabed
The fish swim around her
But her pain is still with her
From all these years

Can anything bring her happiness?
The sea has engulfed her
The sadness from within her
Shines through her soul
A beacon forever asking for help
But no one ever answers

As the pain pulls her down
It holds her there
Unable to rise again
She lies at the bottom of the ocean

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