Cry

Never once did she let a tear fall down
For she thought it would make her weak
She thought to be strong you must not cry
Not even when her emotions were at their peak

Her friends they'd say "don't hold it in"
"We're here no matter what"
But still she did not change her ways
And she proved the door had shut

She would not let them in to see her cry
For she had to prove them wrong
Holding it in would not hurt her
Not crying made her strong

Many pressures she did have
Cause drama is hard to deflect
Lying, drugs, and finding love
Is what she had to keep in check

One day it seemed she just might break
She had just learned her grandpa had died
She had been very close to him
And yet she would not cry

Some people thought she was insane
She didn't cry over a death!
How could she keep her feelings in?
It took away their breath

But she thought about it differently
Her philosophy was this:
Now her grandpa would look down
And would assume she was in bliss

Up in heaven her grandpa sighed
He wished his "sweetie pie" would cry
He knew that she would take the death hard
And didn't want to see her lie

She wasn't lying with her words
But to herself deep in her heart
He knew that this would not end well
And didn't want to see her fall apart

Back on Earth: she lay in bed
Thinking about the decisions she's made
For the first time in years she really broke down
And she let all of her feelings just fade

After what seemed like hours of tears
(She must have been making up for the past)
She felt like a weight had been lifted
She noticed relief came quite fast

Looking back on the life she had lived
Noticing what made her emotion build
It all built up until this day
When she finally let it all spill

Her grandfather, in Heaven, smiled
For he knew the relief she felt
He was just happy to see her release it all
And the smile on her face made him melt

On that day she realized
That tears did not make her weak
The tears only made her human
And there goes another one down her cheek

(this is supposed to be like a story =/ huh. i dunno though. i wrote it for my English class. and it's supposed to be a parable... so... yeah. comments are lovely. thanks.)