Never be ashamed of tears.
Tears are the mind
Making peace with the soul;
Tears are the lubricant of relief
And the doorway of release.
Tears are the purest expression
Of common humanity;
Heartfelt tears
Cannot be ignored
Without bitter cost.
No-one cries
Without laying themselves
On the line
And hanging their laundry
Out to dry.
Tears are a crystal stream
That bubbles up from within
To cleanse all falsehoods
And wash clean the slate.
Men who cry
Women who cry
Are purer for the experience
And ripe for beginning
Again.
Tears are the soul made visible;
As the rain falls from heaven
Filling the dams and rivers
From which life feeds and flows
So are tears the revitalising rain
Replenishing the spirit within
That carries us forward
From the barren *now*.
Tears are never shame enshrined;
Tears are always
A soul-fountain
Restoring life,
Hope and
Tomorrows.

Author Unknown