Creating space
For
others
To talk in detail
For as long as they need to
About their splinter
While you
Sit across from them
With broken bones
Listening is
Having something to add
But purposely refraining
Because the other person
Needs to talk
More than you
Need to be heard
To talk in detail
For as long as they need to
About their splinter
While you
Sit across from them
With broken bones
Listening is
Having something to add
But purposely refraining
Because the other person
Needs to talk
More than you
Need to be heard
Listening
is letting someone
Tell you how they feel
Without telling them
How you feel about
What they are telling you
Tell you how they feel
Without telling them
How you feel about
What they are telling you
It
is
Sitting quietly, patiently
For half hour, an hour, or more
While someone shares
The big and small details of their lives
And not being asked
Any details
About yours
Sitting quietly, patiently
For half hour, an hour, or more
While someone shares
The big and small details of their lives
And not being asked
Any details
About yours
It’s
attempting to interject
Into a conversation
That has required your full listening ears
A tiny portion
Of what you want to share
Only to find
That the other person
Isn’t listening
It is the realization
That others
Consider you
To be an endless reservoir
For their stories and their pain
To find ways
To fill your own cup
Listening is sacrificing
What you want
To give someone else
What they need
And we are all
So hungry
To be heard
Listening
Is so
Exhausting
Into a conversation
That has required your full listening ears
A tiny portion
Of what you want to share
Only to find
That the other person
Isn’t listening
It is the realization
That others
Consider you
To be an endless reservoir
For their stories and their pain
Unaware
that you struggle
ConstantlyTo find ways
To fill your own cup
Listening is sacrificing
What you want
To give someone else
What they need
Listening
is rare
Because
it is hard And we are all
So hungry
To be heard
Listening
Is so
Exhausting
And
still
It is worth it
Every time
It is worth it
Every time