Can Tears Write A Poem? Poem by Shalom Freedman

CAN TEARS WRITE A POEM?

Can tears write a poem?
And for what?
The thousandth time
The same complaints arguments discussions-

“We are nowhere
And we will never get anywhere
And we are nothing”

“ No, we are really something somehow
And will be when the world wakes up”

And over and over
The same pain and the same complaint
Life as the despair one can only go deeper in-

And the tears, the tears
Which try to say.
“Because I care for you so much and share your pain
We nonetheless will see light in the world”