Ode to the salty tear

🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽


O' Salty tear, a mere clear drop you are
You've emerged for a million different reasons
many of which only the shedder knows
for you've emerged in all seasons.

The season of sadness or reason of joy
The tears of grief and the tears of joy
You and your unalloyed saline taste
Thou art' but an emotional waste.

O' Salty tear each time you drop into oblivion
why not vanish away with your shedder's grief?
I tell you O' tear if you take my opinion
oughtn't you grant your shedder full relief?

Ah, but thou seem a ceaseless ocean in reserve and store
No one can be sure, he'll cry no more
When you trickle down those sad upturned lips
we know destiny perhaps made those painful slips!

You are the raindrops of a grief-clouded heart
You do emerge when two lovers have to part

Help your shedder turn over a new leaf
so you're associated less with grief.

I've watched many a jilted lover
weep all alone by the seaside so sorrowfully
and watched tears glide down noses or pince-nez
as their salty tears merged with the salty sea.

O' Salty tear but it's time you learnt to wash away
all and any melancholy from your shedder's heart
and be such a buddy who never wishes to meet again
the tearful shedder from whom you depart

Get a free collection of Classic Poetry ↓

Receive the ebook in seconds 50 poems from 50 different authors


Comments8

  • BlessedbyGod

    Very good dear friend, I like to think that every tear that we cry are never a waste, it's a beautiful release of heartfelt emotion that God catches and cherishes every single teardrop we shed

  • Thomas W Case

    Excellent work.

  • hzugman

    Tears are emotions set free. Very nice picture.

  • Petrichor of Love

    Such a wonderful poem Zaynab! Kudos! Keep writing.

  • orchidee

    A fine write z.

  • Bella Shepard

    The emotions of life captured in a single salty teardrop, relatable on every level, in every stanza. It truly tugged at my heart and my mind as I read. Thank you for this exquisite piece my friend, it came at just the right time for me.

  • NafisaSB

    what an awesome poem. delves deep into the heart, and tugs at the heartstrings.
    keep them coming - i only wish i had more hours in a day to read the beautiful compositions shared on this site - but always find myself pressed for time

    • 🐤s.zaynab.kamoonpuri🌷🐦😽

      Warmest thanks for a beautiful comment dear,

      • NafisaSB

        always welcome - your poems are beautiful and strike a deep chord, i only wish i have more time to go through all the lovely poems posted on this site

      • Neilton

        I 'm speechless! your poem is one of the best i have ever read!I especially loved how you said that our tears can be the reason of sadness or a reason of joy!



      To be able to comment and rate this poem, you must be registered. Register here or if you are already registered, login here.