Teardrops

The teardrops fall, ever so fast,
They escape my eyes
Even though I try to hold them prisoner,
And they fall and they fall and they fall.
Stop the pain, the wounds, the tears,
I need to run away from here,
I need to be all by myself,
Is it that difficult to understand what I said?
So leave me alone,
With my hurt and my tears,
Stop trying to be so nice,
Because I can see through that facade.
They look at me and pat my cheek,
Tell me it’ll be fine,
That time will heal the wounds,
But how can it because with you gone, time has stopped.
They took away my life from me
And they expected me to keep breathing,
They took away my heartbeat
And they urged my heart to keep on beating.
You never took a part of my heart with you,
Because with you rests my entire being,
You’re my drug, my ecstasy, my high,
Because only you could make me smile.
I’m sick of listening to their rants,
I’m tired of being their obedient dog,
I’m dying inside, without you by my side,
And only you can revive me now.
The tears continue to fall,
They’ve soaked my clothes now,
Each tear, a replica of the memories of you,
But I won’t let them escape, because it’s all that I have left of you.
I let the pain flow slowly,
The teardrops fall on the grass
And turn into dew,
And I slowly start to let go of you.

Srushti Iyer.