Dancing Tears Poem by maria rahman

They appeared at the rim,
but refused to come over it.
I don't know why--
they seemed frightened a bit.

For a little while....
I too shared their fear.........
For one everlasting moment,
I didn't know what to do.

I remembered them flowing by,
And creating a satisfying hollow
somewhere deep within; with a sigh
I let the memory flash by.

From a dark corner somewhere,
I heard a child's cries.....
Crying out with all its sorrows-
River of tears from its eyes.

They were there, still there-
They glittered and they danced around.....
Sparkling-yet with unfulfilled wishes,
looking to hide somewhere underground......

Where no one would see me,
where no one would come.
Where i would only hear the child's cries
Where-I would die--
...with the tears--
still dancing in my eyes...........