Water and Salt

"Water and Salt"

The minutes of now 

begin to flake away 

leaving behind 

only the seconds 

of the past 

to look at,

I feel it 

at the sides of my eyes,

a pressure trying to swell,

I want to cry 

but need to know why 

before these tears can fall,

while they just linger 

behind these stares of mine 

as I stretch my lips into smiles,

there will be a point 

some time in the future 

where I will walk 

among 

the echoes of memory 

in the same exact spots 

where I'm standing now 

when these tears will finally fall,

but for now 

I stare ahead blankly 

wondering why 

I can't cry 

even when all the pain 

is enough for this water and salt.

-Armando Torres