Empath:
Empath sounds so much nicer than Trauma.
Interpreting movement as emotions and deep connection.
I can feel what you feel. It's my superpower.
I am a mirror reflecting everything you try to hide.
I read your laugh lines like the story of your life.
Your tone can sound like the bells of Notre Dame or a fire drill. I can hear what you don't say.
It's like a magic trick when I can tell you that your too cool for school behavior is you masking your abandonment issues.
I can feel that.
It feels like an empty safe that the bandits of joy left behind.
I am an empath.
The way you move through the room is like a silent film. I don't need words to understand that your mood is glowing red, not like Valentine's day, but the angry red of a mood ring.
Because I am an empath I can move and speak like diffusing a bomb.
I also know to run before it explodes.
Empath is the pretty name we give ourself to hide our trauma.
Empath is the skills we've mastered to stay safe.
Empath is the instinct we've learned to keep us alive.
We are not sensitive borne of love.
We are watchful borne of fear.
Everyone loves an empath.
You can throw out your baggage like an emotional dumpster.
We'll carry it for you.
If we watched ourselves as closely as we observe others would we see we're not empaths at all?
We are victims of trauma.
But Empath sounds so much nicer than Trauma.
