HOW DO YOU CRY

In the light of day, there should be no shadows, no douts

Is that what respect for life is all about

How do you cry when there is no time for life?

How do you cry when hate is all you can find?

How do you forgive every time?

With marching feet, the calls for justice and peace

These sounds still echo from the streets

Will the next tear to be shed will be for you or for me?

How do you cry when life is just a short time?

How do you cry when a lie is revealed as hate?

How do you forgive next time?

Serve and protect until the next death

Mistakes and excuses do not make you innocent

Justice and peace are political vinegar and oil

How do you cry when this happens every time?

How do you cry when the tears run dry?

How do you forgive this time?

Tears spilled on the streets of Minneapolis.

No one should die for a light to be put on racial justice

Living and dying has no longer has any purpose

How do you cry when you have no tears?

How do you cry when you walk with fear?

How do you cry right NOW?

©Copyright Thomas J. Dooley 2021

Notes: 

TEARS OF LOVE

Love can hurt so much, bust still there is just one touch

A peck on the cheek or a little huge

Just meant to be a friend, don't let it end

The painful lies, the silent cry

The tears of love in my eyes

A sad good bye, as I look in you eyes

And wonder why, why it must hurt

Never meaning to flirt

But I should have known from the start I shouldn't have laid out my heart

The painful lies, the silent cry

The tears of love in my eyes

If there was ever a moment that I didn't feel alone

It was when I was alone with you

Every thing was new, though it was just me and you

It was to good to be true, now I'm loosing you

And your loosing me

The painful lies, the silent cry

The tears of love in my eyes

Laying back to cry thinking of the best of times

When love maid us high, but it was just a lie

Now it is time to cry, with tears of love in my eyes

I know you will never pass again, but only as a friend

The painful lies, a sad good bye

The tears of love in my eye