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The Empath

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I take what isn't mine,
leaving what is good behind.
Taking the pain and leaving joy.

They smile, not knowing what I've done.
I cry over this, because I know what I've done.
I wear the mask.
As the smile openly.

No one knows what I do,
that I can sense and take emotion.
I can take pain and leave joy.
Though, I wish they did.

An Empath can feel what isn't their own feeling,
they can also take it from others.
Taking their pain so they wont.
That's what I do.

It's so much more than empathy,
it's feeling it in my very core that's not even mine.
Pain, sorrow, feeling hollow.
That isn't mine in the beginning.

I help by taking.
I save by containing.
But will anyone help,
or save me too?

Someone to understand,
an electic touch.
A gentle voice.
So much more than a friend is what I need.

Where to start?
I don't know.
I wish they'd know.
Because I guess they're not here.
I don't know.....
I guess it holds my truth
but I'm not sure what all it means myself
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whovian63's avatar
I've always had the desire to help people and over the years i'd would feel strange emotions that would just pop up from nowhere and i didn't really think about it until yesterday i would sometimes hear of empaths and when i looked it up and think back to my own experiences and it started to make since now i've been taking better control of the emotions i have but the best thing is I'm glad I'm not alone