TEARS NOT OF JOY

TEARS NOT OF JOY


- Joy Krauthammer

Do you think

tears are good for the garden?

the place where I find G*d.

Do tears nourish the flowers

in this rain drought of ours,
in this mourning,

hours of sadness,

or are tears too salty?

I used to cry as I swam,

breast stroke--face down

in the swimming pool.

Tears blended in,

disappearing, joining in 

as drops

in the ocean of tears.

No tissue needed.
         ~

Tears Not of Joy
Tear drops blend in the salty ocean of tears.

The Deronda Review

reprinted from "The Deronda Review", a journal of poetry and thought

Vol. IV No. 2 - Winter-Spring 2012, page 37

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