nonchalance

sometimes they will say what 
they’ve been holding back
and look at me with a slight smile
and the cursed words pour out,
“it’s not that deep”

the callous nonchalance
the quick easy way it’s dismissed 
and the stark line in the sand they’ve drawn 
just to call it a boundary 
for the sake of easy 

I will turn away so they don’t see
my blanched look 
full of dismay 

it is everything deep

to me

- les’nspired