Tears

They fall when you're happy--

They fall when you're sad.

They fall when you laugh too hard.

They fall when things go bad.



Sometimes they're silent,

So no one knows.

Sometimes they're anguished

When you've been dealt a hard blow.



Sometimes you wait

Until no one else is around,

Then your sobbing

Is the only sound.



The tears that fall

Are not only from your eyes--

They come from your heart

Until the pain subsides.



They flow through your soul,

In an effort to cleanse--

To get all the pain out,

So you're not so tense.



Don't think you're the only one

Who lets their tears fall--

They're all around the world

And God hears them all.