The Heart of Another

Empathizing with others...

The garden is only as lovely as the attention paid to it.

For many tears have found its way to the soil,

serving as food for these gentle blossoms.

For me, I fail to notice this beautiful display,

while roots stream effortlessly with one another,

waiting for a response, its loveliness slathered in color.

It seems as though I hear it speak within my chambers,

its petals sending me passages about ruin and despair.

So how does a garden flower keep blooming

and maintaining its fragrance, despite this

torrential downpour of sorrow?

There in lies the genius....

Reviews

[Chris]

...and the heart.

Well spoken.

[Jack Cassidy]

Thank you Chris.

[Chris]

A good piece to have coffee with.

[Jack Cassidy]

My thoughts exactly.

[fwvalidus]

Hmm, can't say I understand this one. What is the connection to the title?

[Jack Cassidy]

Glad you asked.... The Heart of Another signifies the person outside of the complacent you. And the description underneath the title mentions empathy as its core principle... Tears in the garden are supposed to represent a source that nourishes us in a spiritual way, how plants need the water to grow, we as people need to sometimes shed tears for others in order to fully understand our place in life... (People represented as the "flowers" within the entire "garden," meaning Earth). And that is the correlation, thanks for inquiring.

[fwvalidus]

Ah very beautiful metaphors and meanings!

[Jack Cassidy]

Appreciate your kindness.