An Empath's Life
                                                   By: Lawrence W Langman (C)

                                                     I can feel the earth
                                                     breathe beneath.
                                                     It calls to my senses
                                                     emoting it's grief.

                                                     I can hear a bird
                                                     crying in the morn.
                                                     When it's wing is
                                                     tattered and torn.

                                                     I tremble when my
                                                     dog begins to limp.
                                                     Out the side vision
                                                     within a glimpse.

                                                     I become ill when my
                                                     child takes a fall.
                                                     Or when their helpless
                                                     before they could crawl.

                                                     I ache when my wife
                                                     is in a lot of pain.
                                                     Causing my inner
                                                     spirit to drain.

                                                     I try to distant myself 
                                                     from watching the news.
                                                     With all of this carnage
                                                     my sadness accrues.

                                                     I battle these emotions
                                                     that attack from within.
                                                     When pain is a factor
                                                     I'm on needles and pins.

                                                     I sometimes wish I could
                                                     turn this off with a switch.
                                                     For being empathic is
                                                     making life such a bitch!