Tears

A Poem

Tears

Tears I shed for a land torn apart,
A land which was so shrouded in dark,
The darkness the result of light,
Playing among form, no longer bright.

Tears I cried for a life not meant for me,
Clear perception, I could not see,
Trying to hold on so very tight,
Startled and afraid of letting go in fright.

Tears let go as a result of joy,
Now this journey seems like a ploy,
To bring me to a destination which,
Somehow was able to bring me out of this ditch.

Tears that stream from my eyes,
In front of me a blinding light,
It talks to me and delivers,
The final verdict; shows me my mirrors.

Meditation For The Poem

Once our hearts have truly opened, we come to see that tears can exist as a part of our lives for a wide variety of different reasons. Most people typically only associate the existence of tears with sadness, but the truth is that this is just not the case. In fact, the reasons why we cry are often an indication of the various different stages of our personal growth we find ourselves at. At the beginning of our spiritual journey tears are usually associated with sadness, as we begin to engage with the ‘therapy’ that life brings to us through the form of different events and experiences. At this stage of our journey we often get caught up in the ‘dramas’ of life, both those from our past and those in our present.

This happens because many of these events and experiences represent our various internally unrealised external phenomena, meaning we have not realised them as a part of ourselves yet. They draw our conscious perception into states that are rooted in separation and therefore result in conflicts within us being brought into our awareness which need to be resolved. As this process gradually progresses, we start to notice a notably different distinction begin to emerge with regards to how we express our emotions. These moments of expression become increasingly free from our own judgement as we begin to arrive at clearer states of perception, making them inherently more authentic.