You'll Stick Like That

When someone close to me is upset, it tends to upset me just as much. I empathise too much.

Fast
     Heart
Worried
     Eyes
Creased
     Brow

Mummsy warned,
"Don't care
Too much!"

Daddy advised,
"Don't get
Involved!"

If the wind changes…
          I'll be worried
          Forever.

Not everyone is
Happy.
I can't
Make them.

Learn not to care.
Learn
To
Let
Go.

Reviews

[Bubo]

Those worry lines and the wind changing!
If you care too much it just shows what a gentle soul you are......
you can't make happiness although you can contribute.Happiness must come from within
and be content in ones self.
But its impossible to learn not to care.........you are too creative!

[S. P. Vaporis]

I like this as is Gillian. it conveys the uncertainty of a relationship and does it well. Nice write!

[Rie Sheridan Rose]

My advice is to put that care into words. Champion on paper. When you care too much, translate it into something concrete. Share it with the one you are worried about if you want, but put it on paper. Maybe it will help you loosen the tie a little. We can't stop caring, but we can learn to channel for our own sake. :)

[Helen Woodward]

Join the doormat club, I'm in it lol! Letting go is not easy as you would know and the people who tell you it is, have no idea! Once you're involved it's difficult to walk away... You make some intelligent points Gillian; "I can't make them" being the clanger. Nobody can force happiness on someone else...You can be happy around them, but it's still up to them to latch on to that...some like to wallow in misery it's not a great idea to be around those that do this or they will pull you under...Good message Gillian.

[Poeticpiers]

My old mans dictum was do not worry about what you can't alter. Empathy is fine but sympath is a negative emotion I think Help if you can but don't worry if you can't