Apathy, oh dear apathy How I suffered slowly Heart so lonely Even safe in their arms Your coldest embrace Hides my tear-stained face Save me from the shell From the nothing I have become
Dear apathy, dear apathy My heart rings lowly An echoless bell, A great empty shell, Ever trapped in the greatest of hells
Why you come to me I do not know For you cover my soul and call it home Shelter me from the rain in my head Even when I wake from my shivering bed
There is no more dread There is no more pain Not sorrow nor aching Only nothing again Nothing but numb What have I become? What have I...become?
Dear apathy Even when I should be happily Joyously so You refuse to go Oh the great things that you know…
Dear apathy, dearest apathy My heart, it suffered slowly Until you came to me Took me into your embrace You shelter my tear-stained face From all of this disgrace That has become me… Whatever am I to be, With or without you My dearest apathy?
My dearest apathy I suffered so slowly Heartstrings, tear and fray For indescribable reasons I stay Even whilst they play Ever so lowly
There is no echo, no ring or sound There is no song, no feeling at all There is no care, not a bit in the world For I have given all I have to give In this great life that I live I give and I give… Until I can no more Until I can no more My heart opens the door… It opens the door Welcoming you into my coldest embrace
Dear apathy, you came for me When I needed you most I was but your host, A wailing ghost Until you came to me… Now my greatest emotions The vastest of oceans They rest, now They leave me be… Since you have come to me They leave me be…
Dear apathy, dear apathy… These times you come to me Shelter me, hold me to be Lulled into your coldest of arms Silence the alarms Out with the candle Out with me… And welcome, dearest apathy
- Jay M October 11th, 2021
I have been in and out of a state of apathy since Friday evening. I finally willed myself to write this song, this great poem.