I Take Back My Tears | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. I Take Back My Tears

I Take Back My Tears MAG

September 5, 2008
By Lilyan Howard BRONZE, Tallahasee, Florida
More by this author
Lilyan Howard BRONZE, Tallahasee, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

I take back my tears
the wasted years
I spent crying
for what never could happen

I take back my heart
my shattered heart
Up off the ground
and back in my arms

I take back my hope
wasted on you
and toss it aside
for it has no meaning now

Nothing you say
no words
no songs
can heal the bleeding wound
That you opened again and again

I walk a free woman
held by nothing of yours
and fly away free
as free as the wind

© Ankaret E., Brampton, England

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Doll House Living
By sgrace SILVER
West Chester, Pennsylvania
sgrace SILVER, West Chester, Pennsylvania
5 articles 22 photos 18 comments
View profile
Poetry
To a Brother Growing Up
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dream as though you'll live forever, live as though you'll die today."
~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
I hate splash water on the lack of there-forth
By Anonymous
Poetry
Lightning
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
My Sister's Keeper
By Angels1031 BRONZE
Fort Worth, Texas
Angels1031 BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 4 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Death Sentence
By Chris Shu BRONZE
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Chris Shu BRONZE, Fort Lee, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 535 comments.

GraceMyint BRONZE said...
on Feb. 10 2012 at 6:24 pm
GraceMyint BRONZE, Grays, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Thus do I rail on love, and yet I love, and cannot from its tyranny break free..." Bertram Dobell

View profile
I'd have to agree with you Mariahollis, the poem is good but, in my opinion, cliched. I mean no offence, simply constructive commentary
Muzix BRONZE said...
on Feb. 10 2012 at 4:49 pm
Muzix BRONZE, Washington, District Of Columbia
3 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
life is never promised so live it to the fullest

View profile
Great job i love it !
writertoday SILVER said...
on Feb. 10 2012 at 2:08 pm
writertoday SILVER, Eagle, Idaho
7 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." -Oscar Wilde

View profile
I loved this! It is completely how I feel right now about someone, so it really is amazing.
gleek1234 GOLD said...
on Feb. 10 2012 at 12:18 pm
gleek1234 GOLD, Burlington, Vermont
17 articles 0 photos 130 comments

Favorite Quote:
You did let me go you left me broken and heartless, crying out for help, with no one to answer my calls-Shilpa Pierpont-Hale ( poem) Love hurts

View profile
this is amazing so great thanks 4 writitng this
Kipitama said...
on Feb. 10 2012 at 8:39 am
Kipitama, Council Bluffs, Iowa
0 articles 0 photos 185 comments

Favorite Quote:
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." (Bartoletti, Campbell)

View profile
I can totally connect to this. A beautiful poem.
Jae_bear BRONZE said...
on Feb. 10 2012 at 7:45 am
Jae_bear BRONZE, Somewhere, Mississippi
1 article 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Altough the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. ---Helen Keller---

View profile
This was very good. I liked it b/c it sorta replies to my life.
GingerLily BRONZE said...
on Feb. 10 2012 at 1:28 am
GingerLily BRONZE, Aulnay-sur-Mauldre, Other
3 articles 6 photos 78 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world" - Oscar Wilde

View profile
This is so beautiful. And it really applies to my life right now, it's like a wake-up call. Thank you for writing this.
michaela mrianda BRONZE said...
on Jan. 30 2012 at 10:40 pm
michaela mrianda BRONZE, Temporary, Other
4 articles 0 photos 33 comments
View profile
love it this is truly from the heart
.king. SILVER said...
on Jan. 29 2012 at 11:04 am
.king. SILVER, Yeux Bien Tres Bien, Other
9 articles 4 photos 569 comments

Favorite Quote:
( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

View profile
I really like this poem so much, it inspires me so, I really like the clever idea and subject; something i would have never thought of, beautiful, Amazing 5/5 !
mynameisLeo BRONZE said...
on Jan. 25 2012 at 10:35 am
mynameisLeo BRONZE, Hanford, California
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia.
~Kurt Vonnegut

View profile
Awesome, strength at it's best. Great job.
Blueeyedgirl18 GOLD said...
on Jan. 19 2012 at 12:37 pm
Blueeyedgirl18 GOLD, Kulpmont, Pennsylvania
10 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life happens while you're busy making plans.

View profile
very nice work:)
samuel_wolf_nightwing GOLD said...
on Jan. 19 2012 at 8:51 am
samuel_wolf_nightwing GOLD, Mt. Carmle, Illinois
11 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"just because we aren't saints dosent mean we'll burn in hell"

View profile
nice poem. keep them up. and thats the thing to do forget those who hurt and remember those who eased the pain. only then can one be happy.
Missundrstoodx2 said...
on Dec. 31 2011 at 1:02 am
Missundrstoodx2, Indianapolis, Indiana
0 articles 11 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You never know what it enough until you know what is more than enough."

View profile
So confident, and strong; a powerful voice for all to admire. You have every right to take it back - it is evident damage was done but you prove that you are in control and have the choice to redirect your life, your influences. Very nice
SilentVoice BRONZE said...
on Dec. 28 2011 at 5:11 pm
SilentVoice BRONZE, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1 article 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.
~ Unknown ~

View profile
Wow...this is really amazing. It shows all the truths of being a self-empowered person. Good job!Keep it up!
emilybwrites SILVER said...
on Dec. 28 2011 at 12:22 pm
emilybwrites SILVER, Villa Hills, Kentucky
5 articles 0 photos 112 comments

Favorite Quote:
last night i lay in bed, looking up at the stars and i thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling?

View profile
i really enjoyed this...cant wait to read more:) please check out my poem "Forgotten Domain" and comment and rate it...i would really appreciate it:)
DiVina SILVER said...
on Dec. 28 2011 at 12:28 am
DiVina SILVER, Shingle Springs, California
9 articles 0 photos 8 comments
View profile
This was amazing! Don't ever stop writing!
SpringtimeListener BRONZE said...
on Dec. 28 2011 at 12:11 am
SpringtimeListener BRONZE, Ajax, Other
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Follow your heart, it knows where it's going.

View profile
This is beautiful, and it shows how much strength you've built after all of your pain.
mariahollis GOLD said...
on Dec. 26 2011 at 8:36 pm
mariahollis GOLD, Plainsboro, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
I'd love to!
eliana924 GOLD said...
on Dec. 26 2011 at 7:22 am
eliana924 GOLD, New York, New York
11 articles 0 photos 116 comments
View profile
So heartwrenching! I love this! I especially like the idea of "taking back tears" and other intangible things.
chantel15 BRONZE said...
on Dec. 21 2011 at 1:00 pm
chantel15 BRONZE, Newyork,bronx, New York
2 articles 0 photos 8 comments
View profile
great poem . the detail you used. and alot of people can relate to this. gettng your heart broken and crying over it. and reliazing that its not worth it. very great poem :]