Mother's Tears
/As Mother aged
And her husband passed away
Children busy with their own lives
Loneliness became her companion
Then came a stroke
Deprived her brain’s capacity
To store words
Rendered her life isolated
Her inner world difficult to discern
Sorrows piled up in her heart
She couldn’t vocalize them
Nor would they dissipate
When overwhelmed
Only tears could come forth
They trickled down her cheeks
Regardless of joy or sadness
By Shih-Fang Wang
From: United States