Empathy

In the silence
of a winter’s eve
I hear the hearts
that softly grieve
A whisper of their sorrowed
cries
Echoing beneath
the open skies
Not with my ears
but with my soul
I feel the burden
the endless toll
Of those who walk
with pain untold
Their suffering wrapped
in shadows cold
Empathy
a tender thread
Woven through the tears
they shed
A bond that reaches
far and wide
Across the distance
none can hide
I walk beside them
unseen
A stranger’s heart
in places keen
A touch so soft
a glance so deep
Into their anguish
I gently creep
I carry their weight
though unseen
In every breath
their sorrow’s sheen
For in their eyes
I see my own
A shared reflection
not alone
Empathy
the gift we bear
A kindness pure
a sacred prayer
For in the depths
of another’s pain
We find our own hearts
break again