Tears Welling Within

Tears welling inside,
Their source left unknown;
Pressure behind eyes,
Waiting to pop through.

Pain deep inside,
Not knowing why it comes,
But the need to release,
Grows stronger yet.

Why is this need coming now?
Why does loneliness bring it?
Why can't it leave as it came?
Why does it bother me now?

Tears continue welling up,
Waiting to push into view,
Making women feel small,
And men seen as weaklings.

Nothing good ever comes from crying,
Yet so many things about them;
Why do I fight them back so hard?
Weak I would seem, and no one would care.

Yet I don't know why they come either,
Tis pain?  Tis loneliness? Tis stress?
Tis my ex? Tis my lack of friends?
This I don't know, or all together.

Yet tears well within,
When I think too much;
Only to be hidden away,
Never to see the light of day.