Do you ever wonder

why you look so pretty

after you cry?

It’s always been strange to me

because crying is a person’s most vulnerable form.

No one to reach out to

and no one to fall back on but themselves.

They are alone and their only companion is the steady stream of tears.

Holy water running down from the eyes onto the face

while thoughts of them not being enough.

But somehow after it brightens their eyes

and pinches their nose and cheeks

with a natural blush

and makes them beautiful.

Flowers do need water to grow,

maybe we are growing.