Blood-Red Tears
Written by: Jonathan Bowden

Blood-red tears flow down my cheek,
As I silently sit and weep.
Pain doeth come and pain doeth go,
Yet when thou art in pain, I can’t control.

My love, my life, my everything,
Your tears of pain are withering.
I cringe, I gasp, I grit my teeth,
Yet nothing can block out your pain-filled screams

Rocking now, back and forth,
From my emotions I cannot divorce.
I’d take on the pain if I could,
Yet I cannot, for reasons not understood.

So I sit and listen, silently I curse,
I still grit my teeth, my lips are pursed.
Rocking more, I cannot bare,
To feel your pain and sit here scared.

I cast my energy, I cast it strong,
So hard I gasp, air fills my lungs.
The pain passes once again,
Yet if it returns, I know not when.

If this is the cost to be who we are
Then I cast it out, I cast it far.
I cannot take your screams any longer,
I simply cannot; if only I were stronger.

I ask you with great despair
To cast off this side and ease the fear.
It feels like a betrayal, yet you do it willingly,
But will you continue, continue loving me?