Price Of A Tear

What's the price of a tear?

I've always thought...

From people who can effortlessly cry...

To people who struggle to get a tear out...

What is the price of a tear?

That rests on a mother's cheek...

Out of worry for their child...

Too afraid to even speak...

What is the price of a tear?

From a man who's never shed one...

Who has been strong for far too long..

Whose grief has finally won...

What is the price of a tear?

On one so innocent as a child...

Where it's been ages since the happy face...

Had ever last smiled.....

What is the price of a tear?

When a grandmother starts crying...

Is it the joy of seeing her grandchildren?

Or is their presence that she's missing?

What is the price of a tear?

Is it the satisfaction of a hungry youth...

On seeing a plateful of food?

Or is it the denial of an unlovable truth?

What is the price of a tear?

A million dollar question, no less....

Is it the explosion of happiness?

Or is it the grief that's been too long?