--- title: Teardrops date: 2008-05-22T14:17:11Z modified: 2008-05-22T14:17:11Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/teardrops/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 207 categories: - Life Poems - Sad Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-05-22T14:17:11Z tags: - Life Poems - Sad Poems --- a thousand tears i cried over the last few days what was once a dry(gentle) riverbed transformed into a wild [river](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/river-of-life.md) overnight with each passing moment and each passing hour with the clock slowly [ticking away](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/as-time-ticks-away.md) the tears just continue unabated a thousand gallons of teardrop gently caress the feet of those nearby yet no one moved an inch a teardrop a [second](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/second-chance.md) slowly squeezing the life out of me slowly putting an end to this wretched existence a river that was once dormant (gentle) now surges on inside me a river of teardrops ————————————————————————————————————————- **note:** inspired by an incident i was told and in someways related to me as well 🙂