As Tears Go By

As Tears Go By

Written by Jonathan Henderson

Friday February 7, 2014 @ 10:27 PM

My mother, how I wish you could know

The pain searing within my brutish soul

When I cross the lines our paths decry

As I weep within when the clouds burst

Amid my seeking your approval in spite.

I wish to embrace of you within my heart

I have never known a peace inside exist.

Thirty-two strained years, so scarred, and

How I'll always bleed one pint everyday.

The horrors I scream amid my deafened

Silenced despair, and cry, hoping you'll

Care, and I wish to take you by the hand,

Never letting you go, for you'll always

Set free the monster just as tears go by.