Sorry -- I cannot;
It's not possible because
I haven't lived your life.
Anyway --
Sympathy is not what we need:
(We need sympathy
Like Dracula needs the blood bank)
We need Empathy,
And you already have mine.
Do you want to understand how I feel?
You cannot.
Understanding is an activity of the tiny mind;
Feeling is a function of the expanding heart.
A feeling cannot be understood,
It can only be felt.
The Mind has no feeling;
Your mind cannot walk in my shoes;
It can only think it does.
It can only think it does.
My mind cannot walk in yours.
Thank you -- I don't want your sympathy:
Thank you -- I don't need a saviour.
Give me instead your empathy.
Please sit by me for a while and be my friend.
Give me space,
And help me have my feelings.
When I'm through,
We'll have a good laugh
At the wondrous silliness
Of being human.
And I'll sit with you
And give you all the space in the world.
I'll support you to have your experience.
Have we got a deal?
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