Black Tears - A Poem

Black tears rain down my face
Black as night shedding colors from the day
Light dims and the shadow rises, like a foolish dreamer
Stars twinkle so far away
My reach is not long enough
Black tears rain on my cheeks
Reminding me of a lost way
Families fall
Night takes over
Love is hard to hold
Black tears rise from the early morning mist
Grey takes over the land
Coarse contact preys on the body
Black tears run down my face asking to meet
Above the tree line where the sky touches the snow
Distraction has no room to dance
Space holds silence
Silence holds stillness
Stillness holds reconciliation
Love becomes one                                     
By Karen Barbarick-Collins