gleeful sorrows

tears tears go away

never come back, never again

leave with everything

the sadness, the guilt, and the blame

and don't forget the shame

just quit falling

long enough for me to breathe

let me smile for a while

without feeling the warm sting

of a single tear rolling down my cheek

leave me be

let me be

to live one day without gleeful sorrow.

To laugh and to play to live and to love

and smile about the smallest things

just go away for one day

and let me be content with a sense of darkening happiness