"Compassion vs. Tolerance“ by Kyli Santiago || Spoken Word Poetry

"COMPASSION VS. TOLERANCE" - an insightful poem that challenges a person that is avoiding going after something in life from Kyli Santiago's poetry book "Healing Yesterday's Tears!" It’s a sad fact that many individuals don’t live up to their full potential. They crowd their lives with drama, damaging relationships and self-sabotaging situations that hold them back on purpose. This way they don’t have to face the fear of trying to achieve a goal and failing at it. "Compassion vs. Tolerance" is an unapologetic poem confronts the issue of avoidance head on. It’s a masterful piece that will leave you seriously questioning aspects of your own life. To get more from Kyli Santiago - be sure to check out the Mama'swork website: http://www.mamaswork.com Also, you can view more original spoken word poetry videos & powerful original quotes directly on our website: More spoken word videos - http://www.mamaswork.com/press/index.php/creative/spoken-word-poetry/ Original poetry quotes - http://www.mamaswork.com/press/index.php/creative/quotes/ ABOUT HEALING YESTERDAY'S TEARS: Creatively rich and intensely introspective, “Healing Yesterday’s Tears” is a heartfelt story of survival expressed in free verse poetry and rhyme that is so rhythmic and lively it practically jumps off the page. Battling with depression from childhood into her early thirties, Kyli Santiago used poetry as a source of personal expression and release. “Healing Yesterday’s Tears” is Kyli’s first book of poetry featuring a collection of poems that were written during her darkest moments and detail the origins of some of her most painful memories - including low self-image, thoughts of suicide and feeling unloved. By reading this candid collection of poems, you’ll witness firsthand the glimmer of light that kept Kyli moving forward and the strength it took to heal from this mentally debilitating condition. Without a doubt, “Healing Yesterday’s Tears” is an emotionally raw portrait of transformation that will truly inspire you! THE CONNECTION BETWEEN POETRY AND MUSIC: As we all know, there has always been a historic connection between poetry and music. Through the ages, much poetry was performed to music. Music is definitely poetry. And vice-versa. When examined more critically, the art forms of music and poetry are almost synonymous: consider that a poem evokes, passion, love, hate, anger, loss, sorrow. Music, even without lyrics can bring across the same emotions. When you add lyrics or poetry to the music, a story emerges - which then enhances the meaning and emotion, making it a song. Poetry like music exists to allow for the expression of human emotions and very often, people can connect through music or poetry by understanding a shared feeling that is otherwise difficult to express. Another similarity that exists between music and poetry, is that songs themselves have to be rhythmic. The same is true about the flow of a poem. Rhythm is what makes music as well as poetry. Poetry is about flow, rhythm, meaning and expression. Instrumental music expresses, flows and shows just as much emotion as music does with words.