A Love Letter to Apathy.

[benjaminallentx]

I'm truly in love with carelessness.
She's there for me in my distress.
She pushes all my problems away,
She lets me relax on my off-days.

Because I'm tired of standing for something.
I'd much rather stand for nothing
Just let the slow swirl of apathy
Take control of me completely

I don't want to proclaim opinion.
I don't plan to spread my vision.
I want to accept things as they are.
I want my lack of care to spread far.

I don't want to drive, I want to ride.
I don't care to live, I don't care to die.
I don't care to stay, I don't care to move,
I really don't care if it's all lies or truth.

I don't care for classics or tradition.
I don't care for new found hedonism.
Believe in ancient religion or Darwinism
Or both. Or neither, join me in nihilism.

[grant hayes]

I hear ya, Benjamin. It can all seem a chasing after wind, nothing new under the sun; vanity, vanity ...

It reminds me a little of Keats' 'half in love with easeful death', and Yeats' 'the best lack all conviction'.

eats...eats...digestion...

[benjaminallentx]

Sometimes all you want to is to not care.

A comparison to Keats is far too kind. But thank you regardless.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Well, one great thing about feeling this way is that you can get along with everyone - or no one - or wait - no matter - WHO CARES??? This is one for the weary souls Benjamin - because some days - some moments - it really can seem like just too much trouble. My only issue with apathy has ever been that I tend to like the ups and downs - so I couldn't settle between for very long. I think you captured the feeling beautifully in your phrasing.

[benjaminallentx]

Thank you, I truly appreciate the feedback.
I find myself often being opinionated and lacking all care at the same time. So occasionally I have to draw my own line. Is it possible to be ambitious and apathetic?

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Totally. Maybe not simultaneously, but the shift between can be instantaneous, so seems imperceptible. A wide emotional range is great for poetry! Just write fast.

[Muttado1sb]

Ah, the poem of ''whatever''. I'm just glad not everyone is this way. Nicely done, benjamin!

[benjaminallentx]

The funny thing is, I added the like about how "I" want my lack of care to spread far. So obviously this character does care in some way. He craves more carelessness. But I tend to think people that care make the world a better place.

[MHenry]

Hi, b, I think apathy is a temporary condition, and even so, I believe one can be apathetically ambitious, or ambitiously apathetic, But thinking further, an apathetic just needs a little shove in the right direction, and all of a sudden, we have a fanatic!