I cry the tears of hope forgotten

Knowing our time was ill-begotten

All this time I thought it so

Without you saying, now I know

Weeping eases like a drug

My tears raining in a coffee mug

I will staunch them ere tomorrow

To quell the pain that breeds my sorrow

My hands shake now like a leaf in fall

Wringing ringing forgetting it all

Twist contort and convolute

They betray the story all but mute

Clenching air that once held you

Sorrow stops then starts anew

Bleary with tears, my eyes see true

Not you for me nor I for you.

I cry the tears of hope forgotten

Knowing our time was ill-begotten

5/13/96