"One Tear"
"Time once scared his hopes astray
On that day he left for the open sea.
A minute seemed too far away
And tomorrow seemed like eternity.
Time is no friend to an outcast
Whose soul only grieves for its last embrace.
"What is one tear in an ocean so vast
To a hopeless dreamer drifting in space?"
Into the stormy skies he cried those words.
For another chance - knowing it was his last.
His ship sunk beneath the circling birds
And onto a floating plank he clung fast.
After years passed and many a fruitful day,
There, resting near the surf by an ocean lee
Stands an old tombstone worn and gray
With these words found lost at sea:
"From one tear is loving truth spilled
It's the beloved's touch of forgiveness sublime,
The resurrection of hope instilled,
And the most worthy survivor of immortal time."
- Matthew Schwartz, "Spadecaller"
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