I don’t need
To fall down
Or try and win
Then fail again.
Thinking of
You not thinking
of me is
all it takes
to release the
teardrops in me.

I don’t need
to wake up
scared in the
middle of the
night.
Or give up like
I might do
from the toll
of years that
anyone can see
and I feel.
Thinking of
how forever
ends apart
is all it takes
to release the
teardrops
from my heart.

If I’ve hoped
for something
and it was
good and lost.
Or happiness comes
at so much
cost. It won’t
make me feel
let down. Because
having your
last kiss is
all there is
and in
their release
no more
the time
will be when
sweet teardrops
forget
to fall.

RLB 11-29-2022