Tears on the Shore

I know I should be past all this,

My tears should now be dry.

At some point I have to give up

And stop these tears I cry.

For much of each day that I spend,

And most of every night,

I have no time for tears to spill

And so I hold them tight.

But now and then the wave of tears

Sweeps high upon my shore

And I am drowning in my grief;

The tears will hold no more.

Today was such a day for me,

I really can’t say why,

But I have wept and dried my tears

And grief will soon pass by.