Thank you tears

Why do we apologize for our tears?

Tears are sacred.

Tears are spells.

Tears are an outpouring of love and loss and what it is to be human.

My tears alone are ritual

Are an offering

To what I’ve lost

To what I ache for

To what I’m most grateful.

The next time you cry,

Instead you might say,

Thank you.

Thank you to the person holding space,

Thank you to tears for washing through,

pouring from a tenderly aching heart.

Thank you tears,

I see you.