Highly Sensitive People are known to be deep in their feelings. A lot. Given that reality, I think poetry is an art that speaks to the soul of many HSPs. I, however, am not one of them.

Until recently.

I recently stumbled upon a beautifully written and deeply authentic poem, EVERY DAY, I GIVE UP by Rudy Francisco. His website describes him as “one of the most recognizable names in Spoken Word Poetry” and while I am not well-versed in any form of poetry, I definitely don’t know a thing about Spoken Word Poetry.

But this poem spoke to me.