Vocalise

A short poem about the slow loss of empathy in society.

Upon a smiling morning
My friend I were talking
And the conversation turned to you
With a distorted face, they forgot your place
Said your sky wasn’t blue

I hadn’t the heart to say
Truthfully, my friend, the sky is gray
It’s the ocean and the sun
The vast and the visible
That make it the way you view

Later on, I dawned,
The heart I hadn’t
Was a cloud in my clarity

Hesitation empathy

This world full of apathy
So easily hides our hearts
And I forgot my place for you, too