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When friends help the most, they silently pick up our tears and hold them for us.

A Tear Fell

I shed a tear today
Silently, I felt it fall
You caught it
shared it
held it
felt it
then
suddenly
it wasn't
so big
after all

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Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
donna
i loved it. i belive a true friends is always with when things are bad and things are good. beautful peom.
nikki
very very beautiful. nikki
Terry
I know what you are saying, as I had this happen to me after coming from a family reunion. It was happy tears.
layla
this poem is kinda cool its wat friends do ya kno!
Liz
I love this poem because it really shows how much you care about your friends. if you truely love someone, read them this poem!
ARANTXA
HI I THINK THIS POEM IS SAD BUT TRUE I LOVE IT
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