On a blade of green grass kissed by the morning dew, a...

beautiful lady rested after her morning jog,
waiting for me to return from my morning journeys.
I knew I was loved and cherished so much.
I went to her on bent knee and professed my eternal love.

guy ran by who reminded me of you.
My heart skipped a beat and I forgot how to breathe,
Since he reminded me of one for whom my heart does grieve.

As I continued to breath through the grief,
I felt the dew slide off the blade,
into the silk of my hand.
As if mother nature had just shed a tear
on my behalf.

touch of brown spot
began its relentless death march.
Issuing forth.
The bane
of suburbia.

tiny gnat struggled to the end
trapped, airless and suspended
in a glistening globe
of merciless water.

The death of a life
That may come from a tear
May not be your own
But that of someone near