How can someone feel everything
And endure it?
What a burden it is
To feel not only each emotion
That wracks your own heart
Your own mind,
But also each emotion
Of those around you.
You can’t help but care
Want to help
Often at your own expense.
It sometimes feels
Like such a burden.

Surely though,
Surely it is a blessing.
To be able to feel
Everything,
When there are those
Who cannot feel at all.
There are those
Who do not allow themselves
To feel at all.
Some are so numb
Not only to their own emotions
But to those around them.
They may never know the joy
Of helping another.

Surely those who feel everything
And survive it
Are some of the strongest.