WINNING POEMS: poetry book

A TEAR’S JOURNEY: award winner

A TEAR’S JOURNEY: award winner
[Describes how the memory of love wells up in the heart and journeys down the eyes.]



Lost in thought about my love,
My mood pensively set,
Tears welled up deep in my heart,
They needed an outlet.

Not before long I felt a
Misty touch inside the eye,
Slowly it assumed a shape.
And a droplet did I spy.

As the thoughts darkened my heart,
The small droplet did enlarge
Till it could hold on no more;
Downward did it at once barge.

I could feel its warm wetness,
But my thoughts were rather cold
As if to perpetual
Gloom already were they sold.

Precious was this tear to me,
The memory of my love!
Could I ever let it fall
On the ground from the above?

It rested for a while on
Just the tip of slender nose;
To pick up a handkerchief,
From my chair I then arose.

What a pity, what heartless
Action this was on my part!
In that one careless moment,
The tear to the ground did dart.

The loss of my love had made
Me already cry and weep.
What a pity even its
Tender gift could not keep!

• Written in abcb, 7-7-7-7 format.


' Awarded second place and an awardicon in item #1205023, EMOTIONAL POETRY contest, April 2007.

' Initially written as static item 712405, deleted on 30 May 2011 and posted as entry in the “WINNING POEMS: poetry book”, ""WINNING POEMS: poetry book"  " .


M C Gupta
16 June 2003