Apathy

Is it all still worth it?
The question I ask
I smile and I laugh
All part of my mask

I hide behind this
Acting fine day by day
No one sees through me
Or my happy display

I call this a life
BUt it's really a death
Swimming in apathy
Until my last breath

Is it all still worth it
The question I cry
I act so happy, but
I don't even know why

I act so shallow
To make them think I'm fine
My thoughts run much deeper
Along a different line

I see the whole world
In changing shades of fear
I keep my distance
Afraid to let them near

Is it all still worth it
The question I answer
I'll live another day...
Eaten by my cancer

I would do anything
I'd pay any price
I would give anything
Just to be all right

----- by Violet Mello

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