Empathy

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I have always been more emotional than most people, no stranger to my tears. I also seem to have an ability to tap into the feelings of others. I'm connected, I guess you would say. I've been told I'm an empath, a gift from God that is hard to handle at times, I'm not sure exactly what the purpose is. Today a girl is crying because her children were taken from the family member whose care they were in. And the hurt I am feeling isn't just hers, it comes from remembering the day CPS came in and took my baby boy. That day will be burned in my brain forever, it was three years ago this month. And I myself lost the battle, the system is flawed and I did what was best for my child, but it doesn't make it hurt any less.She hasn't spoken to me personally, I'm just very observant. I choke back the tears and I just swallow her pain and mine, it is just what I do. I shall throw it out to the heavens later when nobody is watching. I've been called a valkyrie a time or two, and I like that. For I am a fighter, small and fierce. I cry for the ones who can't, or who are too afraid. Maybe that is why I am here in a homeless shelter, a kindred soul to nearly every hell you can imagine.