I Collected My Tears In A Coconut Shell. Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

I took my coconut shell,
placed inside it, a thin plastic sheet.

At the midnight hours
as the whole world slept,
i sat before my earthen oil lamp
shedding tears of sufferings and pain.

I collected my tears with care.

Early before the dawn broke
into thin rays of smiling light,
I went to the throne of God,
the God of no religion
the God above all Religions.

Before God's glorious throne
I lifted my coconut shell of tears
in my wounded palms.

God looked at me.
God saw the wounds of my hands.
God saw my ragged clothes.

There was only silence,
deep silence that pierced
the heart of heaven.

In the silence,
I saw tears falling down God's eyes.

God's tears
fell inside my coconut shell.