Empathy Prescribed

By Ella Vega

“Empathy prescribed
to progress and disagree
without iniquities or conflict
to exist together while being me.”

“Chemicals that bind to create adhering matter
vital to humanity and impossible to scatter
unanimously living, blissful as can be
scheming sorrow out of life
the synthesis of you and me.”

While living in different locales around the world, Ella Vega was provided the opportunity to understand culture, societies, and human behavior. It is with this diverse, global perspective that she shares her first collection of poems that reflects on today’s society and individuals.

Vega, a Costa Rican-American writer, encourages us to reach inside ourselves, despite living within a divisive and uncertain world, and realize that we are similar and that our human experiences are still rooted in basic feelings and thoughts. With deep tone and nostalgic sentiment, her rhythmic poems touch on diverse topics such as the birth of new ideas, the polarization of the world, the quest for meaning, and an objective description of emotions.

Empathy Prescribed is a compilation of poems that brings back the relevance of written verse during an uncertain time for the world and its people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Feb 16, 2021
• ISBN: 9781665700566

Ella Vega

Ella Vega is a Costa Rican-American writer who first fell in love with words at age twelve. She penned poetry mostly in Spanish, until she recently took the leap and tackled emoting through the English language. Originally an architect major, Ella discovered a beautiful blend in the composition and structure of visual art with that of the written word. Ella is also a wife and mother who represents both the hearing impaired and epileptic communities.

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Archway Publishing rev. date: 02/16/2021

CONTENTS

The quantification of the World

The Peril of Life

Sober Faith

Empathy Prescribed

The Sweat on the Brow

Love Not Deserved

A Sun Dance Ago

The Blues

Prejudice

The Blame

Significance

Kaleidoscopic Joy

Elegy

Jazz Under the Rain

Grit

Summer’s off

Juniper Sea

Once In a Blue Moon

The Synthesis of You and Me

The Zombie of Me

Blue

Desert’s Displeasure

Steadfast wind

Old libel

Thief at Night

About the Poems in This Book

Acknowledgments

To my children, Priscilla and Samuel,

you inspire me to create and achieve.

To my high-school Spanish teacher, Don Victor,

your persistence and passion for perfection

are the reason I fell in love with words.

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THE QUANTIFICATION OF THE WORLD

It all started with time

the day turned into night

a continuation of life’s flow

based on the quantity of light

contriving how much is owed.

Thus, currency is involved

granted, the need for a measure

to barter adhering to fairness

obvious consequence to some: treasure

and to others desolate scantness.

It all started with a need

and who extinguishes paucity

aiding destitute who share grunts

fallen, unfortunate in scarcity

all those prey to life’s cruel hunts.

Consequence of one extreme

is the greed in creating more wealth

nothing is nearly enough for myself

not sparing even a few

for the unfortunate matter of you.