Tears of Fire
Sometimes, people cry because they are sad. They are sad because they have lost something, something dear to them, something that really meant a lot to them. People also cry because they have gained something, like for example when they are experiencing extreme happiness. Sometimes, people just cry, for a reason that needs no explanation. But the fact is, people cry.
We talk about "crocodile tears", putting up a show just to gain sympathy, we talk about how "big boys don't cry", and the idea is, crying is just so part of human conciousness. We cry when we need to. There's no need to hold back the tears, cause if you ever do, chances are they don't just disappear behind your eyelids. They merely wait, waiting for the day when the build-up becomes so dangerous that no amount of willpower would be able to stop them from flooding our dear eyes. And when that happens, we cry. We sob, we may laugh in the process, but essentially, we cry.
When we are sad, each drop of tear falling from the eyes contains that bit of the whole pool of pain we have been wallowing in for ages. Crying is a natural thing, we cry because we need to. Everybody cries at times; infants are born crying, and as we grow older we cry lesser, yet that does not mean we have grown stronger. We become more perceptive to the tragic realities of life, and we become so insecure that we hide the tears to prevent the whole world from knowing. But when each and every member of this earth is hiding tears from the other, what is there to really hide anymore?
Sometimes, people cry because they are sad. They are sad because they have lost something, something dear to them, something that really meant a lot to them. People also cry because they have gained something, like for example when they are experiencing extreme happiness. Sometimes, people just cry, for a reason that needs no explanation. But the fact is, people cry.
We talk about "crocodile tears", putting up a show just to gain sympathy, we talk about how "big boys don't cry", and the idea is, crying is just so part of human conciousness. We cry when we need to. There's no need to hold back the tears, cause if you ever do, chances are they don't just disappear behind your eyelids. They merely wait, waiting for the day when the build-up becomes so dangerous that no amount of willpower would be able to stop them from flooding our dear eyes. And when that happens, we cry. We sob, we may laugh in the process, but essentially, we cry.
When we are sad, each drop of tear falling from the eyes contains that bit of the whole pool of pain we have been wallowing in for ages. Crying is a natural thing, we cry because we need to. Everybody cries at times; infants are born crying, and as we grow older we cry lesser, yet that does not mean we have grown stronger. We become more perceptive to the tragic realities of life, and we become so insecure that we hide the tears to prevent the whole world from knowing. But when each and every member of this earth is hiding tears from the other, what is there to really hide anymore?
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