tfw you think you can
protect your heart
by making them mad at you
"I don’t care; I didn’t
want you anyway," she
lied desperately
don’t mind me; just cutting
off my nose to
spite my face again
tried to claw my way
out of the darkness, but
that just made it worse
revised my angry poem
but it still reveals
too much
go ahead, fight back –
at least then I can pretend
you care
R. Brookes McKenzie 