if only you could read my tears

they do talk,
but they reveal too much,
they are not hidden,
just wiped away by your gentle touch.

they’d exclaim, “I’ am happy!”
whenever you are around,

they’d sigh, “I’m sad!”
when I am  feeling down.

they do talk
won’t you listen?
you just might find,
what you have been missing’!

they did reply, “I am lonely!”
when I am thinking of you.

is it too late for you to see
that my tears cry out “I love you!”

they do talk but you can’t hear
a single word they’d say.

if only you could read a tear
instead of wiping it away!