Suffering Souls
Surgeons, pilots, firefighters,
Barristers, and presidents –
These pseudo-psychopaths,
From the boardrooms to the regiments,
Who find calmness in the chaos
And detachment in the fear,
Who are able to exert control
And keep their focus clear.
They switch off their empathy
When steady at the lever,
To stop them dithering with love,
Or panicking with fever.
We need them in the frontlines,
With their special kind of brain –
But most of all, we need to help them
Switch back on again.
I always find psychopaths in movies incredibly boring, but this poem was greatly inspired by the fascinating Vsauce2 video on the subject.
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