Tomorrow Project Challenges
Empathy
In poetry or prose, describe the giving or receiving of empathy, an experience in which one's perspective or circumstances are understood and accepted by another.
Tomorrow Project Challenges
In poetry or prose, describe the giving or receiving of empathy, an experience in which one's perspective or circumstances are understood and accepted by another.
You were always a good actor
But you don’t act like you used to
Don’t lie
I can see the pain in your eyes
Your silent cries,
Your pleas for help
And I know in their eyes
She cares
It’s like she felt the pain
In my heart
And understood it
All at once
She listens as
The words fall out of my mouth
Whispers of warmth drifting through the air,
The security of being understood,
Such a great feeling,
If only it weren’t so fleeting.
Gentle laughs and puppy kisses,
Light squeezes of a hand,
TikTok’s “nonchalance” trend is taking over social media, and teens have adopted the word in the past year as the viral idea has been spreading in popularity since 2024. Nonchalant people project a low-effort presence, and they don’t talk much.
I'm not very good at empathy.
I can't read the room and feel what nobody has spoken of.
I can see when somebody is sad,
but it's not like I can feel it.
Of course, I can try.
when I was in fifth grade,
my dog died.
we had her before I was born.
we cremated her.
When I was five, I remember running across an open field on some warm summer day. We were flying kites, and I chased the one shaped like a bird, imagining I was flying right with it.