My heart is empty
At the sickening news
Why can’t I feel
As others do
Why don’t I cry
Why don’t I weep
Why don’t I care
How can I sleep
And dream and live
As though nothing’s wrong
While others bleed
I sing along
As playlist finds
A happy tune
On this melancholy
Month of June
Dozens dead
And millions mourn
So why don’t I
Feel as forlorn
I know it’s sad
I know it’s wrong
So why can’t I
Grieve for the loss
Perhaps I’m cold
Perhaps a cynic
Is there perhaps
A caring clinic
A place to go
A place to learn
How I can care
And feel concern
I don’t know what
Is wrong with me
I cannot care
‘Bout pain I see