I can feel the sadness
churning for days, deep inside
my hollow stomach
like a heavy weight
filling me with its misery
It's coming again
rising up through my body
and forcing its way
out through my eyes
taking on the shape of
clear, salty tears
that well up and cluster
around my eyelashes
before tracking their
morning dew down my face
In sorrow for something
that I have lost,
that I never had.