SONG FOR PETIRON
by Anne McCaffrey ©1977 (small edits by Tania Opland in italics)
The tears I feel today
I'll wait to shed tomorrow,
Though I'll not sleep this night
Nor find surcease from sorrow.
My eyes must keep their sight;
I dare not be tear-blinded.
I must be free to speak (talk)
Not choked with grief, clear-minded.
My tongue (mouth) cannot betray
The anguish that I know.
||: I'll keep my tears till later;
But my grief will never go. :||
by Anne McCaffrey ©1977 (small edits by Tania Opland in italics)
The tears I feel today
I'll wait to shed tomorrow,
Though I'll not sleep this night
Nor find surcease from sorrow.
My eyes must keep their sight;
I dare not be tear-blinded.
I must be free to speak (talk)
Not choked with grief, clear-minded.
My tongue (mouth) cannot betray
The anguish that I know.
||: I'll keep my tears till later;
But my grief will never go. :||