by Rich Kroll

Created on: August 03, 2008

The Cause of Tears

This journey I've made before
Blurred with tears uncontained.
To the hospital ward where
My father vainly is sustained.

It seems that words cannot come
Where tears refuse to cease.
I urge the sounds to pass my lips,
But in my throat they won't release.

Why is it that while he lived,
I stood by him dumb,
But since he's gone,
The words, now useless, come?

No more will I travel this path
Through anguished refrain.
The reason is lost
To indulge tears their pain.

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