Lions-on-Line Autumn 2009

Tears Jacob Stentz TEARs........

Rolling with sorrow When there’s no guarantee of tomorrow Cooling the intense heat of heart break Running with honor and pride The kind one just does not hide Revealing relief Outlining joy Stinging the heart as they leave a stain with the coming of pain A beacon of hope shining as a star With stress and loss of one’s self they seem so bizarre Piercing through a father’s lies The strongest expression that can flow from the eyes The cutest thing complementing a baby’s cries With strength to rebuild relationships With so many hitting the floor a ship would be needed to reach the shore No one is sure what or why, but scientists say they help to clean Physically, literally Emotionally ousting the struggles of the soul Cleansing, feeding the mind Just as words build the brain, they teach us to handle pain They rear their heads when someone is mean Visible exclamation points stating the obvious Misconstrued by everyone’s peers 17