"Trying Not to Care"

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Paint peeling walls

And caving ceilings

That's how it was like

Waiting for my dad to die

It was an interesting feeling

All of a sudden caring

About the old man

Because God was tearing

Him from the physical land

I never loved him

He never chose me

I never hugged him

He never kissed me

Because he never wanted me

Nor did I have a desire to be

his

I never wanted to be one of

Those kids

Waiting by the window screen

Waiting there, for someone

Who did not care

And as he died, his heart

completely bare

I sat in the chair

Still struggling not to care

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