I don't care.
I don't care, I tell them with that blank mask upon my face.
I don't care, I say with that dead tone coating my tongue.
I don't care, I whisper into the shadows beneath my blankets.
I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care I care so much and it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts so much the screams tear the cracks wider because I care I care I care I care I care I care so much please take it from my bleeding body let me have a moment of peace from this roaring agony the flowers are flooding my lungs like poisonous love I can't breathe with these thorns in my sides and vines around my ribs.
I don't care, I sob as if it'll keep me safe from the hurricane tormenting my mind.
I don't care, I shriek to the sky weeping above me.
You don't care, I tell the child.
You don't care because passion will tear you apart and you are too young for the weight of this world's pain.
I don't care, I murmur to the dying child.
I don't care.
I wish
more than anything
to stop caring.