Collective feeling

Life is not just about witnessing

Events that cause you or others pain,

It’s about whether you can feel it

About if you can empathise and care enough,

To share and feel enough to cry

And understand the enormity of the loss and all the sorrow,

If it makes your heart feel heavy

And it makes you feel so very sad,

It means you get it and that you’ve not succumbed to

The hardening against suffering,

And that you’re still open and willing to accept the pain

That others go through so you can help them in some way.

And not just turn a blind eye and walk away.

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