Tears pour down an arid face Carving furrows in ash like skin Weathered features unused to moisture Soak and smear emotions rain Deluge follows rampant deluge Unused ducts feel the pain This old man once strong unbending Forced over double with the strain Like a babe the crying continues Weeping salty tears of despair Countenance a twisted ruddier mass Sniffing snorting animal grunts Exhausted ripped body spasms slower Inhaling deeper from staccato breaths Racked with pain subdued torso Comes to a quivering form of rest Bathe...