The Jewel of Tears
The child stood in the centre of the great hall
Slowly the fingers uncurled
A jewel to be seen
A jewel began to glow
Unfolding light
Felt by everyone
Wings
Soft and bright
The child threw the jewel into the air
The stone, dissolved into light
The other world released
With its’ angst and despair
Such sweet sadness
In a jewel glow
That, what we think
Of things
That cannot be so
A yearning
That a single tear
Can fall
Unheeded
In the other world
That, an angel
With a hand uncurled
Released the light
Of a tear
That fell unheeded
In the other world
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