Tears Poem by Lily Faust

her red swollen eyes
are stinging with tears.
she cries because
of who she has become
she cries for the person
she longs to be.
she cries from the love
others bestow on her despite
her flawed nature.
she knows she doesnt deserve it.
the tears roll down her face
painfully baptising her skin in the
bitter water of her regret.
her tears release the words
she cannot express
they pour from her heart
not her eyes.