Nikky's "TEARS." describes a quiet, private moment: lying awake at night and crying without even knowing it. The speaker only discovers the tears by touching their own cheek, and that small gesture becomes the turning point of the poem.
What stands out is the gap between feeling and awareness. The tears are a "soft stream trickling down," gentle rather than dramatic, and the repeated "soft" makes the speaker seem tender, maybe a little fragile. They aren't sobbing. The sadness has slipped out on its own. Then the last line shifts the image: the hand is "stained" with "all my thoughts and all my realisations." Tears become something that leaves a mark, as if every buried worry has been carried out in the water and is now visible on the skin.
The mood is hushed, lonely and reflective. It suggests that the body can admit to feelings the mind hasn't yet put into words, and that a single touch can make them real.