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The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
#1081276 added December 18, 2024 at 10:32am
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Empathy
Empathy

If your pain is my pain
and so it often is
and your joy just as much
is not in me amiss
then it would seem my gain
from both joy and pain
is measured out the same
and all is in the game.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb aadd
For Express It In Eight, 12.18.24
Prompt: Write a poem about tender-heartedness.

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