Sympath

I am the sympath,

I am the empath

Lithe planetary body

Tugging on all threads

Psychometric visions

Every suffering my observation

My tendrils tickle five dimensions

Born a worker, even my essence toils

Carrying the weight, bearing the load

My solidarity will always be with the masses

My toes touching the mighty world tree

Listening to the collective voice tremble

Pollen in the wind, overwhelmed

Becoming our worst enemy, our only enemy

Too scared, even to breathe

Helpless, to act in the face of oppression

However, capable of love, of sensation

Of joy and happiness, of laughter

Buried under a mountain of shame

For you, for the future, I will

Withdraw the depression, the self-hate

Imprison it within me, with all the rest

My cells become cells

Where your jailed humiliation screams

My bones incarcerate your injuries

My hair becomes the dungeon for all heartbreak

My nails confine your regret and misery 

Even while I sleep, my arms search for agony

Clawing deep into honeyed grief’s thickness

To collect your tears, to seize all your fears

Revolution is clearing the path for others

Teaching the world followship

Face the cliff, dance on the ledge

Don't be scared to fall

There is freedom down there

Look me in the eyes and leap

So I can see liberation

I am the sympath

I am the empath