#sympathize
I hope you never make a promise
Before you realize what the cost is
And you learn how to make amends
I hope for her sake that you're honest
When you've lost it
And you never try to force a feeling
I hope I never minimize
The dreams I've always had inside
Just to make a man feel taller
I'm thankful and I sympathize
The years I had you by my side
You never tried to make me feel smaller
And still, our distance just grew farther
And still, loving you grew harder
Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020 at 7:06 AM UTC
Pain is subjective,
Physical and emotional,
Pain can be:
Dull,pins and needles,
Aching,cramping,stabbing,
Burning,tingling, shooting.
Pain can cause:
Fear,stress ,anxiety and even depression.
Pain is what an individual patient experiences and feels,
No one can suffer your pain for you,
Others can only sympathize or pray for you.
Aug 19, 2018
Aug 19, 2018 at 4:12 PM UTC
For all of us who have bashed ourselves numb
trying to be there
(for our brothers)
For all of us who have locked our hearts inside
settling with a joke
(for our fathers)
For all of us who have loved them more than ourselves
more than we could handle
(for our men)
For all of us who keeps putting our friends before us
always coming last place
(for our loved ones)
For all of us whose hearts are out there, feeling with everyone
trying to save strangers with one look
(for our fellow humans)
For all of us who can have amnesty and forgiveness to all others
seeing their imperfections as beauty
(for everyone besides us)
For us
We will learn
We will sympathize
We will passionately love ourselves
more than we have loved anyone else
At last
we will free ourselves
Jun 5, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 at 8:56 AM UTC
. ***Tear in the eye
wound in the heart***
Teardrops ... that drip
from these eyes
shall never be hidden
No mask of humiliation
shall cloak
an empathetic soul
Tears fall without shame ...
Cleansing tears wept
of undisguised
merciful surrender,
purging the essence
of mending heart;
shamelessly
pouring forth,
unsifted
grain and chaff
together as one
to willingly exhale
compassionate breathe ―
into a sympathy
impoverished world
Being mindful ―
never wanting
misspoken words
to further
another’s pain
when there is
an unwillingness
to unveil the very core,
the wisdom of silence
reveals
Lean into imperfection's blossoms …
Embrace the light
from disregarded
tears shed,
releasing the traces
of the spirit of love
within the soul
Blessed be
the empathetic
almsgiver
consoling with love
without pity
Giving love
is to share
unconditionally
with eternal purpose;
flooding forth
a flow of empathy
onto a love
deprived world …
Love more ~
Harlon Rivers
Jan 21, 2018
Jan 21, 2018 at 7:34 PM UTC
expression of impressions in sand
revisions of depressions in land
I'm clenching the rope of hopes last strand
i'm grasping intensely as i can
everyone has there own disguise
truth realized through pure eyes
in human blood they wash there hands
You carry your fire and brimstone inside
expression of impressions in sand
revisions of depressions in land
you see the blood on the helping hand
I am longing to find this feeling so grand
I would like to try to read your mind
darkness underneath a smile so kind
a demon behind timid mouse eyes
such reality declined you left behind
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015 at 6:13 AM UTC