Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Weeping




weep⋅ing  
1. expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears: weeping multitudes.
2. tearful; weepy: a weeping fit.
3. tending or liable to cry; given to crying.
4. dripping or oozing liquid.




"Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe."
(Anne Bronte)



The Weeping

I have shut my windows.
I do not want to hear the weeping.
But from behind the grey walls.
Nothing is heard but the weeping.

There are few angels that sing.
There are few dogs that bark.
A thousand violins fit in the palm of the hand.
But the weeping is an immense angel.
The weeping is an immense dog.
The weeping is an immense violin.
Tears strangle the wind.
Nothing is heard but the weeping.

Federico García Lorca