When the Heart Speaks in Drops


 

When the Heart Speaks in Drops

What are tears, really?
Drops of water, born of salt and soul,
falling silently from the corners of our eyes,
sometimes unbidden, sometimes summoned
by a surge too vast for words to hold.

They come when grief stands too heavy on the chest,
when joy swells like a tide,
when a song, a note, or a whispered prayer
pierces the veil of the everyday.
Are they not the soul’s purest language,
speaking where words falter and fail?

Some cry for loss—a life undone,
a presence now only in memory’s hold.
Others cry for triumph,
when a dream long sought is finally cradled.
And some, like me, weep when the divine
brushes close,
when prayer opens a floodgate
that the heart cannot contain.

But not all eyes brim.
Some remain dry, their gaze steadfast,
their fortress unyielding.
Are they the strong, the stoic, the guarded?
Or have they buried their rivers so deep
that not even joy or sorrow can draw them forth?

What of those who cannot cry at all?
Not for lack of emotion,
but for reasons unseen—
a past too heavy to unravel,
a silence too ingrained to break.

Do they not feel, these tearless ones?
Or do they feel so much
that their tears retreat inward,
flowing silently through unseen veins,
carving their stories in secret?

Tears are not weakness; they are release.
They are the rain that softens hardened soil,
the tide that carries pain to distant shores.
And for those who cry within—
in their stillness, their silence—
perhaps their tears are no less real.

To cry or not to cry is not the measure of the soul.
For some, tears are rivers,
for others, stone-carved wells.
Both carry the echoes of the heart,
both whisper the truths of being,
of breaking,
and rising once more.

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM

    Fantastic! Why do we cry? This is a question which has raised many enquiries. Science and philosophy may have its own answers. Crying or not may depend on the individual on how a person reacts to a situation. How it impacts him/her. Lovely insights in the poem which will set you think more!

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