empathy

[prismaticbleed]

I want to find the place
where all the old love letters go
where the unspoken whispers echo still
where childhood memories flicker brightly
I want to find the place
where dusty photographs are treasured
where old memories are relived
where forgotten songs ring true.

I want to know every face in the obituaries
I want to mourn them without being scorned
I want to visit every soul in the hospitals
in the nursing homes
in the homeless shelters
on the streets
in the orphanages
I want to meet every soul in the world
And make their lives part of my own

I want to live in the abandoned houses.
I want to bring the imaginary friends back to life
I want to heal every broken hearted dreamer
And give hope to those who are lost

It's too much to ask
It's too much to ask
It's far too much to ask

But I still cry over the breaking news
I still reach out to people I've never seen
I still look up to the sky at night
and I still whisper
"I'm here for you"
even if we'll never ever meet.

I want to know so much
see so much
feel so much

but there's too much
getting in the way.

I'm tired of seeing tears in your eyes.
I'm tired of seeing worlds go up in flames
I'm tired of watching old loves die
I'm tired of watching from behind a one-way mirror

I'm tired because it hurts.
I'm tired because I can't sleep

I can't sleep
because
I can't
stop

thinking

about

everything.



This is my empathy.


and this world just breaks my heart.