Sleepless Tears Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Unburden your load.

You can not show,
How you feel.
With depth and meaning.
You've got to scheme.

Those scenes scream for longing,
For you to join...
The inside of your heart,
You've blocked and locked!
And have departed.

Unburden your load.

You can not show,
Something real.
And I want that shown.
Let us togerther,
Begin to heal!

I don't want envy,
Between us here so near.
Not if my needs for you keep,
Reappearing.

And that need clearly,
Invites my sleepless tears.

Unburden your load.

You can not show,
How you feel.
With depth and meaning.
You've got to scheme.

Those scenes scream for longing.
Just to show how strong,
We were.