What Are Tears

by Suzanne Janney Howard

What are tears but intimations?
Gems are formed against the grain,
Beauty born of desolation,

The soul's response to a heart's repression,
Lustrous pearl round seeds of pain.
What are tears but intimations?

Mountains thrive in deprivation
But granite walls endure in vain,
Beauty born of desolation.

Zephyrs whisper Time's confession
As fragile canyons are carved by rain.
What are tears but intimations

Of death's defeat by life's obsession,
Erecting joy from grief's remains,
Beauty born of desolation.

Sun and shadow the soul's possession,
The skies are tinted with bloody stains.
What are tears but intimations ...
Beauty born of desolation.

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Tagged:PoetrySummer 2020

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About the Author

Suzanne Janney Howard has made Denver Colorado her home, after living in thirty other locations in both the United States and Japan. This gives her a deep appreciation of the beauty of different places and cultures and the satisfaction of actively choosing her forever home (as those in animal rescue would say!). Her poetry has appeared in various publications and she is currently enjoying channeling her inner Dr. Seuss writing and illustrating children’s books for her Grandkids.

Suzanne Janney Howard