SUNLIGHT THROUGH THE TEARS

(For a special friend today)
 
IT IS SUCH A SECRET PLACE, THE LAND OF TEARS

I cry inside for my love who is gone…..
     and then I let my tears
          fall freely.
My heart is heavy
     with tears…..
          but as my weeping subsides
               I know that all is well
                    and he is only gone from my sight
                         but remains in my heart.
It is such a secret place,
     the land of tears –
          but God collects ALL my tears
               in His bottle…..
so I can leave them
     with Him
          in HIS secret place.
“Your tears are NEVER wasted,”
     He tells me,
          “Even when they fall in secret.”

© Maureen Iles