A Single Teardrop

A SINGLE TEARDROP









I bring this rose for you

without ever really knowing why

suffice to say that when I think of you

a single teardrop comes to eye.



And when I cannot hold your picture

or when it is grainy despite how hard I try

for clarity I think of you.

A single teardrop comes to eye.



Although we cannot be together

I imagine that we are in my mind.

What the gods above will not allow

I question and I leave behind.



Just as I question my own sanity

for even feeling the way that I feel.

I have lost my grip on reality.

I know only that yours is real.



So accept this rose I bring for you

without pretending, we have no use for a lie.

I will remember you for you back then

as a single teardrop comes to eye.



And I will always look in your direction.

A part of me this day will surely die

but I will walk though with a jaded heart

and a single teardrop in my eye.



--msl2023