Time's Waterfall Comments

Dear Poet-Friend Roseann Shawiak, I am sincerely grateful to you for your comment. We write for readers who have similar feelings, perceptions, sensations as we plod on in our voyage or pilgrimage of life. The two words of feeling, empathy and sympathy, have distinct shades, depending on the person and the occasion. Empathy is fellow-feeling, understanding the subjective context of the writer; while 'sympathy' is an earnest participation with the person who has suffered some setback or even dejection at not being appreciated. Since it is not possible for us to come to the aid of persons we sympathise with (like, say, victims of a traffic accident where they are faultless, we must cultivate the sharing of empathy at least, an understanding of the vexation and griefs of victims, like, for instance, a little girl who is deprived of literacy because there is no funding for her. I would like to read any poem you pick out for attention. All the best. A. Madhavan