Compassion

Com-passion;
the rawness of passion,
the softness of love,
and the desire to give
everything you have.

Like picking up ants on expensive stationary
just to move them outside.

Like trembling lips when a character dies
because even fiction is real to the heart.

Like never touching the beautiful flower,
but keeping the fallen one in water.

And always knowing when someone hurts
because you feel the same pain in your chest.