This is what I’ll tell my children
I will say that it is okay to cry
about death, about love
about the simple way a smile
can change you
I will not shame them
erase their tears
use the old way of stoicism
they will not
hide
I will whisper the tales of
a crying woman
how she cries for eternity
they will not
but they could cry forever
if they wish to
I will tell my weeping children
Their tears are so powerful
We’ve made monsters out of them
-Originally published in Berry Mag
Kelly Duarte 