Impressionable Experiences

Philosophy of the Spirit

"Compassion"

1995

Compassion is,

The most powerful feeling,

The most wonderful feeling,

Quite full-filling,

To thy heart, and thy soul.

Compassion has the power

To make our tears rain down,

It pulls them forth from the deep,

The depths of our souls.

There is no other like compassion,

When compassion comes,

We welcome it.

Yet only if thy soul possesses it,

The tears rain down,

Compelling it may be,

Yet compassion comes,

Of different shapes and sizes.

Only one time,

One time only,

Do we feel each individual type.

Unfortunately,

We never completely remember,

How each individual,

Flight of compassion,

Filled our hearts, souls, and eyes.

We think we can produce,

Box it up, record it,

Oh no,

Never will compassion be recorded.

It suits only, at best, with first impression,

Yet we try,

Hopelessly,

To capture that powerful feeling,

When we wish to feel it,

Remembering only what brought it, not how.

So I say feel compassion,

Each time it takes you,

Don't waste the moment on stage,

Use the experience,

To enrich and enlighten your soul.