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January 15th, 2026
by Delphina Yeboah
Each tear drop is a whole, detailed chapter Of a story ending in sorrow, or a tale of laughter Imagine going through stress and sleepless nights Doing your very best to achieve the higher heights So tired you are on the verge of giving up But your egoistic spirit tells you, man, keep your head up Imagine passing through jeers, facing your fears Releasing and bottling up tears, the motivational cheers Imagine after all that pain, you are finally successful You won, you did it, to all those who believed in you, you're grateful It progresses from shock to denial to smiles to tears Of joy, after all those minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years Those days when the pain would not just go away And it becomes stronger and tougher, each and every day Close your eyes, hide your face, those tears aren't meant to be seen They'll call you dramatic, nobody understands your pain within Everyone is too busy or unavailable to talk to you So you keep everything inside, the tragedy you are going through At night, when the pillow becomes your only therapy Punching it, wetting it with tears, but still never happy That death, that failure which brought you tears of sorrow Makes you question yourself whether it's worth it to see tomorrow Silence is golden, silent tears are pearls Each tear drop is a story one is yet to tell
About the Poet
Delphina Yeboah resides in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana.
Read the poet's biography and Under 25 Poetry publications
on Delphina Yeboah's Artist Page.
Under 25 Poetry Collection
This poem is also featured in
Under 25 Poetry Collection #1,
published in the Under 25 Poetry Library.
Keywords: imagination, resilience, silence
Previously published in Under 25 Poetry Magazine:
This is the first poem published.
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