IMAGINE BREATHING IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S PAIN
THEIR MOMENT OF HEARTBREAK
BUT DON'T STAND TO CLOSE
GIVE THEM ROOM
TO BREATHE
TO EXHALE THE TEARS
THEY HAVE HELD IN
FOR THE SORROW THEY FEEL
IN BEING BETRAYED AND
WHEN THAT MOMENT HAS PASSED
OFFER YOUR FRIEND A HUG
AND POUR THEM ANOTHER
GLASS OF WINE
SIT AND LISTEN
IN SILENCE
AND LET EMPATHY
FILL THE ROOM.
AND HOPE WITH TIME'S
PASSING
THEIR HEART WILL BEGIN TO
MEND
FOR THAT PAIN TO BE LESSENED
WHEN SHARED WITH A FRIEND
FOR WE KNOW A HEART CAN
ONLY HEAL
WITH FORGIVENESS
FOR ALL THINGS.