Backpack of Tears

• Posted by Jamille (Lady Lotus) (Weiland) December 21, 2013 - #  #poetry  - 773 views

  BACKPACK OF TEARS

  By: Jamille A. Weiland (also awhile ago)

   

  Never leave home without it

  I have a backpack of tears

  It's heavy and cold

  And I've had it for years

   

  I've brought it with me

  Can't leave it behind

  The events that have filled it

  I cannot rewind.

   

  You have one too, I heard you say

  Let's trade-

  Carry mine for awhile

  What a deal I've made!

   

  Yours has to be lighter

  Of this, I am sure

  Less tears have to fill it

  Aching back has a cure!

   

  I'll run and I'll jump

  With the backpack I've found

  What a sucker to take mine

  Hope he's nowhere around...

   

  I wonder how he fairs?

  Can he carry my weight?

  I've had his on all day

  At least since a quarter 'til eight...

   

  Pausing for a moment

  I began to look around

  For much heavier than first realized

  Was this backpack I had found...

   

  I slumped and I stumbled

  And soon started to crawl

  "Please find my tears!

  They aren't heavy at all!"

   

  Rubbing my eyes

  And clearing my ears

  I heard sobbing nearby

  And crawled toward the tears...

   

  "Please give me mine back!"

  Was the first thing I heard

  "Mine is light by comparison,

  Although that seems absurd..."

   

  New to our eyes

  At first glance the bags seemed light

  "Mine weighs more..."

  Was what first started the fight.

   

  I suppose it is true

  We all have our crosses to bear

  Just wait before trading "down"

  Because "Buyer beware."