My Sympathy

Apr 8, 2022

241

my sympathies aren’t born of grace

like in the way of the benevolent heiress who,

ever-so-delicately, extends cupped hands

to feed the twittering songbirds

perched on her windowsill

245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvBzXOZF9Y

it comes from a far more wretched place,

emerging so unsightly, it almost contradicts

the inherent virtue of the word

because it isn’t fueled by love or fortune,

but by every instance unaccounted for

in which i should’ve felt the same pity

for myself

245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwxQ7wAmIw

my sympathy is abundant and involuntary

as though in response to constant overflow

and extends much further than hungry birds

or grieving friends

245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMf9ihExiY

it reaches all the way out to lone, discarded cans

that didn’t quite make it to the trash bin,

and to the virtual strangers that walk past,

their defeats and quandaries overheard,

and to every unfortunate soul between,

under the sole condition that

they don’t share a brain with me

245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrqJbF8eS1
245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XbWBPiZo5
245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLx7TA5Q1E
245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eIl9y9Uza
245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwcpTwqlyC
245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5Wmoo8Dat

ns 15.158.61.20da2

1 like Suggest Edits

Be the first to like this issue!

My Sympathy

REGISTER

LOGIN

Interface Language:

Story Language: