Living In Tears Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Chains being linked together, reasons unknown, yet it
continues being done throughout eternity.

Forsaking memories that have always been free, trying
to bind them in yellowed ribbons and placing them in
antique dresser drawers, left to be forgotten in aging
years of human beings.

Never being touched again by those who belonged to them,
now strangers entering homes, taking away all heirlooms
and treasures of a family once alive and vibrant.

Now lying in the throes of desperation, nowhere to go,
no lives to take with them, solitary beings forgotten by
everyone, who used to have a meaning, living in tears,
pouring from depths of eyes and hearts.

Today, being thrown onto streets of emptiness and
abandonment, no longer mattering to anyone else on earth.