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Sympathy
Sympathy
As I walk through this sullen and hungry world
I notice that hearts are thrown against walls
Gold hearts
Coal hearts
Silver Hearts
And victims lay dying on the floor
With a hole in their chest
Strangers pass by and place coins in the chest
But none give sympathy
The one thing that they have in every country
Sympathy is simple
yet some minds cannot
Place their claws around it.
They are too long and sharp
And pierce sympathy
Sympathy is fragile
And can break far too easily
To be carried in our rib cages
Sympathy is a state of mind
As I walk through this sullen and hungry world
I notice that hearts are thrown against walls
Gold hearts
Coal hearts
Silver Hearts
And victims lay dying on the floor
With a hole in their chest
Strangers pass by and place coins in the chest
But none give sympathy
The one thing that they have in every country
Sympathy is simple
yet some minds cannot
Place their claws around it.
They are too long and sharp
And pierce sympathy
Sympathy is fragile
And can break far too easily
To be carried in our rib cages
Sympathy is a state of mind
Published 19th Jun 2012
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19th Jun 2012 11:01pm
when i read this i was like wow! this is really deep. and reading it showed me that not everyone has sympathy and not everyone is able to show sympathy. i really got a lot out of this poem.
20th Jun 2012 6:55am
Good write. I would like to see you add more to this poem, I like where this is going.
