Faced with
a life threatening situation
a shattered friendship
a near death experience
a stab in the back
a final embrace

unable to shed
a drop of that essential substance
a saline solution sent from the
still-white eyes.

But when our eyes meet:
the floodgates open
my stomach churns
my heart aches
my soul cringes

A torrential downpour
contained within
an unstable host
Pounding for a way out.

A need to be wiped away
to be on a shoulder
to escape

Unwillingly, the ocean is
held back.
You make it swell so it hurts
and
You cause droplets' freedom
and you...
You need to come along,
and free the storm


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