Don't wipe your tears away

Cameron M. Semmens - Through the Lover’s Window

don’t wipe your tears away
don’t smother them with tissues
let them streak and splash and soak in

wear them like jewels

don’t try to blink your tears away
let them sit in your eyes

let them sit in your eyes
and you will see the ocean

let them spill out naturally
waterfalling down your face
til they lap the shores of your lips

lick them
and you will taste the ocean!

but you won’t sink
you won’t drown

these tears will keep you afloat

lie back
lie right back
and let the trickling tears
tickle your ears