No, They Don'T Care
Not like it matters
Who would care anyway?
Family, friends, teachers
No, to at all
They who only care for them
There isn’t enough concern left
Not for them to care
About what is to happen to me
They who stick up their long noses
They who judge, lie, and deceive
No, they wouldn’t care
Not for one sad soul
Who cries for the world
Who tries for the world
Who the world leaves out
A lonely soul to forever anger and sadden
No, they don’t notice
Not to notice my marshmallow eyes
A sad smile permanently painted on my face
They who see a happy girl
No, they don’t ask
They don’t ask about my past
Or they know sadness lies behind
And dare not breach it
No, their not jealous
Why would they?
Jealous of having no talent?
Jealous of a darkness that clouds my head?
Jealous of crying in the night?
No, they wouldn’t care
Wouldn’t care for me
So who should care for them?
No, not me
I who can try
I who can see a new way
I who can fail
No, no one would care
If I slept and never woke up
If the hazy dawn slipped out of view
If I slept dreamless
A sad portrait of a lonely girl
Who the world forgot
Copyright © Airisha Jackson | Year Posted 2006
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