Empath

Being emotional is tiring

I imagine my palms have pores

they absorb the air, everything they touch

or maybe, I am like a plant, photosynthesising

I inhale what can’t be spoken

so the people around me can breathe

It’s not that I mind

Feeling greatly is surely better than not feeling at all

Though

there are times I wish I’d find the median

put up a fence to keep the weeds away

No, actually

a fence can be a prison if there’s no room to grow

can’t expand if a boundary cuts y o u

off

So, I don’t mind feeling for you

But I do ask, please be gentle

Plants break easily

And so too, can I