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Cindy Pannill

Tears

My tears are my own,
I will not share.
My tears will end,
so don’t you despair.
Nothing last forever,
this I have learned
so rest your heart.
Smile through the tears,
laugh through the hurt.
My tears are my own,
I will not share.

Life isn't always fair
and seldom kind.
My tears are my own,
I will not share.
Hide them away,
where not even my
friends can will look.