Tears of Strength

By: Gus Victoria

Cry!

Cry, no more…

Tears of strength

Shed bear no weakness.

For the distraught

In Misery’s bosom held

Hold not long there.

Surrounded by love

Given and taken,

Known and discovered,

All strike deep

Into the heart of grief

That seeks to destroy

As death in visit

Charged high

The price not paid

But stolen dearly.

We betrothed to grim despair

Look not upon

The spectre of pallid death,

Divorced instead, we beseech

The mistress in memories found

Of days now gone

That shine as diamonds in the heart,

Stars in the soul, 

Specks of joy

Amid a sea of sorrow

We sail on the winds of hope,

Bourne on the wings of friendship,

To a port unknown,

She as our guiding light,

She as our eternal flame.

Though poor sailors we,

In our hearts she’ll ever be.