Learned Helplessness

8/23/21

Like it changes.
The thirteenth time around.
Like people see.
You see.
Hopes you can’t get up.
Just down. Just down.
Like it can change.
The thirteenth time around.
As if I care.
As if I could.
See what you want.
Like you could.
Long for it. No you’re not.
As if I could see.
You aren’t me.
You’re just down.
You see.
You’re hopes aren’t me.
Like it could.
Like if I mattered.
Like I wanted it.
As if I wanted anything.
See what you could.
Like it never changes.
The fourteenth time around.