An Insight Into EMPATHY

Experience the SPOKEN WORD version of this blog:

What do you see there… far beyond

Beyond in the distance?

I see the beautiful white of the cotton field

Vibrant and light not a worry in sight

What do you see there far beyond

Beyond the memory of today?

I see a beautiful blue sky as clear as day

Not a cloud in sight, no chance of rain,

Let’s dance, no pain.

What do you see there far beyond

Do you not see the allure of ignorance

I see green green grass and blurry trees

The sun reflects too brightly in the morning breeze

Glimmering of pure and unpicked cotton white

Indeed, unpicked cotton white … that is today.

For another, the cotton is not pure… it never was

it is made of pain

Of sullen memory and disdain

Captured in the grasp of inhumanities fame.

Live in the now for sure but why not

But do not deny yesterdays transgression we folk abhor.

The risk of forgetting and erasure is almost law

And that which has been erased could probably

Be

REPEATED. YES.

Lost in those fields are wandering souls,

Singing for salvation and soft soft sand

Under the bright blue sky from blinded eye to a cut off hand

What do you see there far beyond

I no longer see.

I now only feel.

I long for empathy.

Perhaps then I will see, what you see

I will see the beautiful white of the cotton field

Vibrant and light

With not a worry in sight.

EMPATHY is NOT about agreement or condoning behavior. It is the search of understanding to see and perceive a different perspective and acknowledging an alternate experience. Empath is about expanding your heart, which inspires the mind to see further.

Vital Germaine