Tears

Tears fall like rainwater,
Dripping from clouded eyes.
The eyelid sweeps them down the cheeks,
And they fall slowly down to earth.

Tears fall like snowflakes,
Spending an eternity in the air.
They land with scarcely a ripple,
Unnoticed in the midst of world-wide suffering.

Tears fall like hail,
Pounding their surroundings.
They pummel the ground, bruising and injuring,
Creating dents in the already-pockmarked ground.

Tears spread like ripples,
Spreading outwards, growing weaker.
They meet other ripples, and the flow strengthens,
They hit the sides, and start to bounce back in.

Tears fall from our faces,
Unknown to the rest of humanity.
One of us suffers, everyone else rejoyces
At times like these we wish for the tears to end.

Tears dry up,
Replacing sorrow with fury.
Fury is compressed, stamped into a bar,
Branded with the mark Vengance.

Vengance takes its hold,
Spreads its roots into the corners of our heart.
The sunlight is blocked out, darkness reigns
Death is the one true path.