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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2022
I’m not crying,
No.
These are not tears,
but my heart breaking up
into innumerable fragments,
these tear ducts are mere pathways,
the crooked road to accommodate
the relentless vessel of my love
cascading in torrents,
liquid love puddles at my feet
calcifies in meaningless shape.
these are not tears, no
believe me
I seek meaning,
Seek reason,
Drown in blood gone cold as
Icicles pierce the void
This heart needs one more tear,
One last drop of blood
One last breath…
I come up for air,
This heart must be whole again,
but I am not crying
I tell you; just washing away
the log in my eye.
these are not tears,
but my heart in fragments…
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