A Mile in Your Shoes

A poem about empathy for Acrostic April

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For the second week of Acrostic April,

Mina Howell

asked writers to create a poem that spells out a trait they embody.

Don’t forget to spell out the message hidden in the first letter of every line.

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Even though I don’t know you,
My heart aches alongside yours.
Passing you my strength.
Across time and space.
Take my hand.
Here for you always.
You and I are not so different.

All of us are born on this Earth.
Lives lived through hardship and pain.
Why, then, do we see others suffering
And refuse to offer our hand?
Your feelings will never be discarded
so long as I live.

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