TEARS OF A WOMAN

by: frank

TEARS OF A WOMAN,

SALT OF THE EARTH, LIFE, LOVE.

AS DAUGHTER, LOVER, WIFE, MOTHER.

TEARS OF JOY AND PASSION,

TEARS OF SADNESS AND PAIN,

TEARS OF BIRTH AND DEATH,

TEARS OF GIVING AND TAKING,

CELEBRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT

IN ALL WAYS.

TEARS OF A WOMAN,

DAUGHTER, LOVER, WIFE, MOTHER, WIDOW,

FLOWING FROM EYES HAPPY AND SAD,

FLOWING FROM EYES HAPPY AND SAD,

WINDOWS OF THE SOUL, TO THE SOUL,

FLOODED WITH EMOTION.

TEARS OF A WOMAN,

OCEANS OF LOVE,

WASH ME IN YOUR DEW,

GIVE ME LIFE ANEW.

THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN FOR ME BY A COLLEGE PROFESSOR

IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. HE HAD ASKED ME WHAT PICTURE

I WOULD PAINT IF I COULD PAINT ANYTHING THAT I LIKED.

I TOLD HIM THIS....THE PICTURE WOULD CONTAIN THE FACE

OF AN OLD MAN FILLED WITH WISDOM; THE FACE OF A

CHILD WITH LAUGHING EYES; AND THE FACE OF A WOMAN

CRYING.

HE THEN ASKED ME WHY THE WOMAN WAS CRYING, AND I

TOLD HIM THAT SHE WAS CRYING BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT LOVED.

HE THEN PROCEEDED TO WRITE THIS POEM, FOR WHICH I PUBLICLY

WISH TO EXPRESS MY THANKS AND MY GRATITUDE.

THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH, FRANK.

TULSABUTTERFLY