Tears Can Sing

I thought tears were silence

Till they learned to sing

I kept my grief beside me

Like a coat across a chair

Wore it through the morning

Like nobody saw it there

But sorrow has a melody

When love has nowhere left to go

Tears can sing

When the heart can’t speak

They rise from broken places

Fall soft on empty sheets

If love becomes a memory

And pain becomes a prayer

Let the whole world hear me

Tears can sing

I lost you in the quiet

But I found a deeper sound

Every note I couldn’t face

Started pulling heaven down

Maybe this is how we heal

Not by forgetting, but by feeling

Tears can sing

When the heart can’t speak

They rise from broken places

Fall soft on empty sheets

If love becomes a memory

And pain becomes a prayer

Let the whole world hear me

Tears can sing

I thought tears were silence

Till they carried me