Today a tear came to my eye,
Just one little tear my want not to cry.
It glittered like crystal as it grew in form
A raindrop of emotion in a life of storm.
What cost a tear?
Was price too dear?
Today a tear came to my eye,
A single reminder of things gone by.
An abundance of love I once knew,
Shared of myself with only so few.
What cost a tear?
To liberate of self from what I did fear?
Today a tear came to my eye,
A memory I’ll keep until I die.
It spoke of a future built on the past
A monument to tolerance – designed to last.
With bricks of forgiveness, and mortar of love
It will soar to the heavens highest above.
For the cost of a tear
New life may be earned.