'Sometimes just tears'

Painting by, Kelly Louise Judd

'Sometimes just tears'           timothy r gates, 12/1/2013

Sometimes you look
for reasons for tears.
Sometimes they're
just tears.
A George Jones song
Hank tune,
still hear my dad singing these,
as a boy -
immediately I knew the harmony.
Still do.
The look in your children's faces,
that one that never changes
no matter their age.
Waking up,
realizing that laughing with grandpa
was only a dream.
Or, was it?
Jesus wept.
David cried out,
tears overflowing his bottle,
"Absalom!"
Sometimes there are reasons.
Sometimes you find none.
Sometimes you breathe,
"Lord, why have you forgotten
to be gracious?
Why have you turned away?"
Answers only satisfy
if answers are what you want,
when rivers dry up
you remember,
tears are just tears.
except when they're eclipsed.
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