True empathy is a rare blessing.

But you can also speak freely to me of battered 
brutal winters and abuse
of power 
and I vow I will listen
as sharp words prick my eardrums.
Bruised Poetry
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Connie Song
John E Marks
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Sep 25, 2024
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True empathy is a rare blessing. I love your mix of colloquial and formal diction. A vow is forever, isn't it Connie?
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Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. T. S. Eliot
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