A Job I Cannot Quit - Empathy
Some view it as a blessing
some only see a curse
but for me, all I feel is destiny
It's hard to call it such
because I truly don't believe in destiny or fate
yet I know that this is my calling
I will sit here, closing myself off to the world
when all of these strangers' feelings flood my soul
and I have to sort through them
Some people need advice
while others, just a listening ear
but the hardest is of the thoughts of the perverse
I truly do not believe anyone has the right to decide who needs help
versus who may progress all on their own
but the feelings I get from others do not lie
So again I sit
with so much inner turmoil for hating my chosen path
mentally reaching out to strangers that need me
I know I am doing good
yet I've only really given in
because all I want is to be on the darker side
to live my own life
Copyright © Angela Reynolds | Year Posted 2011
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