People were dumped all the time and their tears did not swallow dry land.

If tears were painful, no one would cry.

Tears are a cleansing shower for the soul.

And tears came before he could stop them, boiling hot then instantly freezing on his face, and what was the point in wiping them off? Or pretending? He let them fall.

    Oh, devil, devil!
If that the earth could teem with woman’s tears,
Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.
Out of my sight!

Such wonderful eyes you have. So big and so glossy. But little do they know that this beauty is all pain. So big with fear and so glossy with terror. All in all, it is just tears on the surface you're using all your strength to hold onto.