Infinite Tears

Infinite tears chase each-other like black rivulets 

long fake eyelashes incessantly blinking

trying to retain remaining tidbits of strength 

red lipstick smudged from kissing strangers 

this image is engraved in my mind for the rest of time.

I've sensed your darkness the first moment my gaze fell on your face. 

I've watched your colorless childhood and adolescence rolled before me like a motion picture. 

Your energy was sadness, and there was longing in your movements that was hard to overlook. 

You were one of those rare kind, whom men fail to appreciate for they are easily deceived by whats pleasing in the eye. 

They do not know the jewel that you hide deep down. For they are lazy to look past appearances. 

Demanding the short-lived pleasures. 

Many times, you've been broken. 

Many times, you've been drunk. 

Been cheated by undeserving lovers and friends. 

Been lurking to unfamiliar cities and streets. 

And it finally dawned that you do not know yourself no more, not even your name. 

Now you stumble upon the doors of my life needing repair. 

But there is nothing to be fixed, you see. 

You aren't broken, you only lost your way to me; wandered off for a bit. 

You have nothing to be ashamed of dear woman. 

Regardless of your past; rotten or not 

you deserve my understanding and respect. 

Whether you love yourself or not; you deserve my unconditional love. 

Your guilt, your shame and shortcomings, 

your lust, your addictions and insanity- I do not mind. 

Let me rock them to sleep for they too need a rest.

Reviews

[Eve]

Let me just start off by saying I absolutely love your title. It immediately brought me in and had me completely intrigued. This poem is so amazing, I love how you start, leaving it vague with a promise for more information. Doing this made me want to keep reading through to the end to see what the narrator is trying to tell me. It shows history between these two people, and it shows how determined and unyielding your specimen is towards this women we never hear from. I get a picture of this person watching their partner in silence, and already knowing everything about them. This is an amazing piece, and I really hope you publish more works, because this is just so inspiring and true to the heart.

[Blu Maximo]

Wow. Thank you for your comment. I am immensely happy to read your thoughts and how detailed they are. I am really glad that the poem was able to lure you in and ultimately touch your heart. :)