Observer Affects
To listen
and resist response;
to watch
without insisting views;
to feel
beyond our sense of selves:
essentials
for pure empathy.
Observer Affects © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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21 words (prompt limit). Observing without Reacting brevity challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2766545-21-words-or-less---reaction-noguest
The poem's title plays on the concept of the "Observer Effect" in physics, wherein the act of observation (measurement) exerts effects (changes) on the thing observed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics)
"Affect" in the poem's title pertains to emotional reactions as well as having an effect on things.
Submitted: November 28, 2020