Another's Life is a Variance

It's hard to understand what one cannot experience.

Compassion opens doorways but doesn't travel,

Others present opportunities to expand.

Sometimes, we can only observe and marvel,

It's hard to understand what one cannot experience.

It's a mystery how life chooses to slowly unravel.

Externally, it's difficult to understand,

There's always the choice to not travel.

It's hard to understand what one cannot experience,

Another's life is a variance.

This poem is a reflection on how we can't expect others to understand what we go through, as well as the experience of trying to understand another person's journey. We care and want to help but it isn't our place to fully understand.