I honestly feel better now
After I got those words all out
They look so harsh and broken but
I got them all out of my heart

I read them and it makes me sad
But now it feels like empathy
As if someone else wrote those words
And they did not come out of me

One day I'll probably go back
Delete the words I wrote today
For now I am just glad they're out
I think I'm gonna be OK

But now when others read these poems
They will feel sad just like me
I don't know how I feel about
This other side of empathy