So afraid to shed a tear <br />Because a soul might stop to hear <br />The whole world would stop and look <br />At the moment of sorrow that I took <br />But instead, I stopped and let it out <br />I'm guessing the crowd is wondering about <br />Are they staring while I cry? <br />Can they not just pass me by? <br />O! How bad it hurts me inside <br />My tears are impossible to hide <br />How bad I sob, how bad I moan <br />I seem to be crying tears of stone <br />So loudly do they hit the ground <br />On top of the mountains they hear the sound <br />I don't understand how this could be so <br />How tears of stone could ever flow <br />And from my eyes, what such pain! <br />What is running through my veins? <br />I guess now I am the talk of the town <br />All because my tears hit the ground <br />And tears of stone from me did fall <br />Which nobody stopped to hear.... at all<br /><br />Whitney Albright<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tears-of-stone-2/
