Compassionate soul
I can feel
your bruises on my skin
the aching pulse of your thoughts
deafeningly loud in my skull
every ounce of pain you've ever felt
coursing through my veins
from a million miles away
The burden of empathy
is like being tortured in reverse
sometimes I feel every agonizing detail
all at once
while you feel absolutely nothing
and you even seem to enjoy
seeing the agony on my face
knowing that you're the one who caused it
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Monochrome Rainbow [✔️Completed]
PoetrySometimes the darkness, sadness and cruelty of the world becomes so much to bear that we start seeing everything around us in gloomy shades of grey, even rainbows and sunshine. Monochrome Rainbow is a lyrical free verse poetry book reflecting on gri...
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