When the Tears Fall
            When the tears fall,
            Does Agony cry or Ecstasy call?
            Rivers of salt bathing face of sorrow
                Suffer me to come to Thee!
            Honey-drenched sweetness of infinite joy
                Pity my simplicity.
            Dante's souls spiral ever downwards
                What ancient dramaturgy is this?
            Upwards, upwards to gilded Paradiso
                Which mysterious key to bliss?
            Hold on, let go;
            Tides ebb, tides flow;
            Fires burn;
            Waters quench.
            Marjorie Daw, angelic wench.
                Seesaw, Marjorie Daw.
                Seesaw
                                Is she poor?
            Hold on, let go;
            Go fast, go slow;
            Passions vibrate;
            Heartstring plays.
            Soul observes.
            Mind reneges.
                Seesaw, Marjorie Daw.
                Seesaw
                                She saw!
            Hold on, let go;
            I reap, I sow.
            Embracing,
            Spurning;
            Fragments
            Yearning.
            Up in the air, Love,
                Tears profusus.
            Down on the ground, Love,
                Tears profundus.
            Rapture's cry or Torment's call?
            Are we not rich,
            When the tears fall.
                                                                                        Jennifer van Westrum