Love Poem: Hardened Teardrops
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Written by: John Lawless

Hardened Teardrops

There is a sting to winter’s kiss
cold memory reignited
a vision through watery eyes
a mirage of moments blighted

weary tracks of empty snowshoes
thinning lines on crest of hill
swallowed by a cloudless sky
the stinging bite of winter’s chill

crystal tracks of hardened teardrops
frozen on love’s time numbed cheeks
wait in silence as they listen
as love’s windblown distance speaks


John G. Lawless
©1/18/2022