I wish I would
drown in my own river
of tears that I should never
had cried.

Tears of worthless
fear
pity
pain.
All in Vain.

What is a tear
but a drop
that dries away
without helping anything?

Just
making
things
worse.

And so I cry more,
more tears to drown in.

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