So many tears…
with nothing left to wash away.
Nobody wants them,
my tears –
but I cannot carry them anymore.
It hurts too much.
I don’t want to wake up anymore.
Not alone, without you,
to give you my tears.
I woke up –
and my first thought was:
it’s not worth it. He is not beside you.
Alenka H., 2000-2010, translation