Harnessing Tears

Should I harness my tears
or just set  them free
to let out all emotions
which are bunded within?

While I turn my back
on what was once my abode
it's hard  to bid Adieu
to all who made it a home

Torn between past and future
my tears now lie in wait
as sadness and joy overwhelm
on either side of the gate

While these tears choke
within my pounding heart
I can't open its flood gates
to wash away my past

Wash away they won't
a past which too is dear
on the other side of midnight
they'd surely re-appear

With my eyes brimming
I cross my gate of guilt
to joyous tears beckoning
from the threshold of my mate

These tears I hold in harness 
would find their way to his heart
in whose beat they'd confide
some feathers I've left behind...


this is for a dear friend who is mustering courage, finding herself on the thresh hold of embracing her newfound love ...

raj...(sublime_ocean)