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Echos Of Indifference

A Villanelle On Empathy

By DaphsamPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Echos Of Indifference
Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash

To have empathy is to draw others to you like a butterfly to honey’s nectar.

Not all are born with this compassionate gene.

An understanding emotion that when employed, a friend collector.

Tis’ a deep tragedy when one is suffering near an indifferent spectator.

Turning one’s back on another like a cold-hearted machine.

To have empathy is to draw others to you like a butterfly to honey’s nectar.

A relationship without empathy is a sandcastle without water as it's resurrector.

It will be swept out to sea the minute the tides get too mean.

An understanding emotion that when employed, a friend collector.

Does your person what to understand your woes or be a thorny ejector?

To dismiss the beating heart of empathy, sinking like an indifferent submarine.

To have empathy is to draw others to you like a butterfly to honey’s nectar.

Abstaining from understanding will not be a benevolent director.

Nurturing an empathic character is part of a healthy routine.

An understanding emotion that when employed, a friend collector.

Empathy, a powerful tool in a relationship’s sector.

To walk in other’s sandy footprints, a compassionate deed alongside life’s scene.

To have empathy is to draw others to you like a butterfly to honey’s nectar.

An understanding emotion that when employed, a friend collector.

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Daphsam

A dyslexic dreamer who once thought reading and writing were beyond reach. Yet here I am, an artist, wordsmith, and illustrator—ready to weave stories and poems from my artwork.

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  • Sathishkumar S2 years ago

    hi good job. please read my stories also...

  • Xine Segalas2 years ago

    Nice villanelle- very thoughtful and creative.

  • L.C. Schäfer2 years ago

    Nectar is such a great word, and you've picked some smashing words to rhyme with it 😁

  • Aaliyah Madison2 years ago

    Nice work!

  • I totally agree that empathy is utmost important in a relationship other than effective communication and honesty. Loved your Villanelle!

  • Great job & worthy theme... it seems that empathy is quite rare these days.

  • Very well written Daphsam! Being an empath I feel this poem in my soul. Beautiful..

  • Mark Graham2 years ago

    Empathy is a hard idea or feeling to define. Good job.

  • Cathy holmes2 years ago

    Wonderful job on this one.

  • Great great job 👏

  • Dana Crandell2 years ago

    Beautiful!

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