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Cried Alone Janet Kuypers 3/26/89 I have always cried alone I couldn’t help but find a place to myself and that I would no longer have to swallow the tears The salt water burned my face The silent pleas killed me I couldn’t escape it The past came to haunt me and it didn’t care how much it hurt me It just laughed when I thought I was free and it waited for the right moment to twist the knife To tighten the noose And I quietly took the pain I decided I had to move on I had to pick up the lingering parts of the past and put them in their place Where they belong But I couldn’t do that alone I wanted to remember the unclenched fist And when you helped me in the fight I actually felt strong again And I don’t cry anymore Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.