Tears

“Tears are words that need to be written.”

                                            Paulo Coelho

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the tears do no always come

they do not flow from my eyes and down my face

to be blown away by the wind

to join the tears of the Sacred

falling from heaven

but they are there

a cry of the heart

a rending of the soul

there is so much pain out there

and thus

so much pain in here

people divided

angry, hateful

driven by words unwritten and unspoken

into acts of essential selfishness

into fearful acts of

brutality

and casual violence

pain not shared become

that which separates and divides

yet pain

and tears shared

become the bridge

across which compassion and love walk

across which God walks

to make

all things new