Crocodile Tears, Not! Poem by Monita Soni

I smile when I think of
the look on your face
When you see me happy

You are so desperate
to wipe that grin off my face
And make me miserable

A mirror image of your
Own sad temperament
How can you be so down?

That you can not offer
A word of compassion
A single cheer

When I sit sagging
Bent over my troubles
You do not let me weep

Healing tears......
You have no place for
Empathy.........in your world

Crocodiles don't cry
Try exercising your human lachrymal apparatus
Spare your embittered larynx

Look around you weeping
Feel the pain you cause
More often that not

By not comprehending.........