A Tear To Shed Poem by nicola burkett

Although I’m still living still breathing air
I have no feelings I have no care
Inside I feel cold, inside I feel dead
Why are there still tears for me to shed?
Yet I feel my heart is aching
Though it doesn't beat its breaking
I know that I’m alive but I feel that I am dead
Why does it seem that there are so many tears to shed?
Inside my heart, inside my eyes an endless supply of salt water tears
I've carried around with me for twenty two years
I cry for loss, I cry in pain and at times I don't know why
For there isn't a day that passes by where I do not cry
Forever asking when these salted wounds will heal
When I’m no longer numb and can once again feel
I feel shame in my heart, for the fact I feel emotionally dead
For these lifeless tears I cry, I no longer want to shed