Healing Tears

Today I cried a lot.

I cried because there was hurt in my heart.

Hurt from stress

But more importantly- hurt from

the people I love.

They did not hurt me purposefully.

I hurt because at that moment, their heart was mine

and that heart was hurting so bad.

That hurt heart

pushed the tears

from my eyes

and with crying out prayer

the Lord led me to the word of God

and slowly that hurt from that heart

began to go away.

But then someone called

and that hurt returned

with a fresh set of tears.

they ask, do you have a cold-

i say no

they ask, why are you sniffing-

i say- i was crying.

they ask, why-

i say don't mind it.

but in the end the truth

comes out-

they concern for me and think that

i am crying out of my own problems.

but no the truth at the end

is that i cry for them

for when they hurt in their heart,

that heart becomes mine.

and it hurts

and so I cry

I cry healing tears.