Giving and Empathy

My poem on Giving 

The fountain never asks the spring

What is it that you - to me bring

But just raises it to greater heights

So that it may see some better sights

The feathers never ask the bird

“Don’t you think to soar is absurd?”

They just get together and give the lift

And make the journey long and swift

The trees never ask the resting passer by

Why he seeks their shade and therein lie

But strew his bed with flowers and leaves instead

And give him roots to pillow his head

The mountain embraces the clouds on head

Never minds or shakes off the moisture they shed

But adorns itself with their curls  for beauty’s sake

And preens itself in the image in the lake

Is there a lesson for humans in this?

That giving selflessly leads to bliss

To have something and not to share

Can lead to turmoil and nightmare 

Essay on Empathy 

Just an observation :

Was standing in a crowd of people on the sidewalk when an ambulance raced by with siren screaming and lights flashing .

Just like when such a thing happened several times on different occasions in the past  I noticed quite a few faces around me looking concerned , their eyes following the vehicle racing away , and I thought they looked, for some moments ,  sad .

For an unknown person whose poor condition and possible suffering was only indicated by our association of ideas with a speeding ambulance .

Leads me to believe that #empathy is a natural human response but often it requires an ambulance to evoke it .

Does not happen , as such , if it's a silent hearse 

Nor a silent person in our life !

@ Vikaas Nafde  Feb 2018