Yesterday's Tears

By Manoj Kumar

Yesterday’s Tears

Sleeping in a bed replete with wilted flowers

Part of a bouquet of shanties and lofty towers

The air hangs heavy with past's fears

I slowly drown in a pool of yesterday's tears

Riding through the storm of life with a hope filled heart

Never did I imagine that one day I would part

With love, and all emotions that radiate joy

My heart, now, lying in a corner like a discarded toy

Fighting daily battles with my mind's demons

Trying to make sense of life's intermingling ions

When even the soft hand of love feels like a viper's coil

Feelings shuttling between uncertainty and turmoil

Passing time turns around and does smile

Asking what I gained for having gone the extra mile

All that's there to show is, my heart pierced with spears,

Yesterday's flowers and yesterday's tears

By Manoj Kumar