My tears for you cascade like rain hurt confusion from my mirror does peer I fail to wash away my pain My heart by you has just been slain but the reason still unclear my tears for you cascade like rain My bleeding soul does slowly drain with every shedding tear I fail to wash away my pain Sounding like some haunting refrain your words are all I hear my tears for you cascade like rain In growing shadows I have lain all alone the dark I fear I fail to wash away my pain Tell me how do I live again with you no longer near? My tears for you cascade like rain I fail to wash away my pain For Catie Lindsey's Villanelle Me contest