Tears that won't come

Grief has no mercy;

Loneliness goes on,

For I've lost another baby...

The tears are for you, my little ones

The tears I cannot cry

My last gift for you, my little babes,

Because you had to die.

I love you so much, my heart so aches,

I cannot find the why,

I can't understand the reason,

So I light your candles by

The keepsakes that I've kept

Just to make me feel that I

Have something to me left...

And as the flames crackle and sigh,

I can only feel—bereft.

Tears for each of you,

Tears til I die;

Tears to keep for you

Until I can cry

--1989