I felt nothing

Photo credit Nasar Karim

The numbers didn’t make me flinch
The way they used to do,
I read them and began to think
I could be one too.

I woke up and lay in my bed
It all gets overbearing,
Forget the other things I’ve said
I realize I’ve stopped caring.

I wasn’t going to come to work
I saw the poster on the way,
I noticed that it doesn’t hurt
I felt nothing today.

I phoned my mother to say hello
I hadn’t called this week,
I told her that I have to go
And I didn’t want to speak.

I spent hours thinking
It didn’t change my mind,
I won’t be here much longer
I’m leaving this behind.