The Gift of an Empath

Feeling the weight of the world laid on my chest
Weeping for the pain of those suffering life's tests
I can feel it too as the tears come crashing down
Flowers and thorns of emotions form an empath’s crown
I start feeling dizzy and my head starts aching
I grab my chest; someone’s heart is breaking
I heed the silence and my focus becomes clearer
I am connected to them spiritually, like an emotional mirror
So, I still myself in the middle of this emotional hurricane
Until a calmness falls upon me and is all that remains
Then thoughts of love consume me til’ I feel as if I’m flying
I feel weightless and my eyes are dried from all their crying
White light surrounds me and everything becomes as snow
Compassion is a divine gift to help heal other’s woes
I say a quiet prayer for their pain to be taken away
I whisper in my heart, “Everything will be okay.”
I take a deep breathe in, exhaling soft and slow
Sending all my mustered love to the ones that it should go
Then, I keep them close to me in my thoughts and prayer
Whenever they should need me, I am there
Whenever their soul cries out to my ears
My heart will send love to dry their tears
I will share their pain to the depths of my being
Until the pain from their brokenness starts easing
When the light of joy returns to them again
I will feel that too and smile within.