It's Happening Again

I'm curling back up into myself

not wanting

not wanting

I'm not answering the phone when you call

I'm not answering the door when you arrive

I'm not committing to plans

I'm not I'm not not not

I'm cruel.

All these people, I'm letting them slip away from me

willing it to be so

yet occasionally giving into the pressure

saying a word

more out of boredom and common decency

than a sign that I care.

I wish they'd go away.

These nice people should get away from me

before it's too late.