“i hate you right now,”
she said
behind a door slam
new barrier, new closure,
release, anger, victory—
old story
she came home,
ignored it
why apologize?
it’s not like it mattered
‘cause i learned long ago
not to let these things affect me so
i ignored her
not because she didn’t mean it,
but because I didn’t care.
not because she didn’t mean it,
but because I didn’t care.
and now she’s stomping
about the trivial again
and i feel like a dog
unnoticed and undeserved
with two legs broken
and a bark that can’t be heard.
and what’s the point
my feeble mind now asks
to this obstacle named life
if i’m already dead to everyone
and everyone to me,
with no one left to notice
because ignorance can’t see.