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Teardrop
I was a teardrop.
I remember falling down the faces of the sad, deprived, hungered, and angry.
I heard the weeping of pain.
I saw the way I was gazed upon by strong people.
I worried I would never be the reason someone was happy.
I thought I was always going to be the cause of sadness.
But, I want to
I am a cry of joy.
I think we see only what we expect to see.
I need to believe I've drifted from the souls of emptiness.
I try to fall gently, hot, soothing, before I collide with the ground.
I feel I needed to live the life of the pessimistic before I could enhance the lives of the optimistic.
I forgive the sad, deprived, hungered, and angered.
Now I can
I will encourage the despondent.
I choose to be sophisticated in a way French can only describe as la pluie.
I dream about cleansing the eyes whom only seen the dark side of the moon.
I hope the minds eye will portray my existence as merely a substance a lucid emotion can evanesce.
I predict this teardrops reflection will be perceived through eyes of the world's downcasts. Consciously. Carefully.
I know the faces of the sad, deprived, hungered, and angered.
I will

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