'Tears Of Stone' Poem by Whitney Nicole Albright*

So afraid to shed a tear
Because a soul might stop to hear
The whole world would stop and look
At the moment of sorrow that I took
But instead, I stopped and let it out
I'm guessing the crowd is wondering about
Are they staring while I cry?
Can they not just pass me by?
O! How bad it hurts me inside
My tears are impossible to hide
How bad I sob, how bad I moan
I seem to be crying tears of stone
So loudly do they hit the ground
On top of the mountains they hear the sound
I don't understand how this could be so
How tears of stone could ever flow
And from my eyes, what such pain!
What is running through my veins?
I guess now I am the talk of the town
All because my tears hit the ground
And tears of stone from me did fall
Which nobody stopped to hear.... at all