I Care/Who Cares

What happens when the smile
of reassurance fades –
who cares
when the giver receives no
reciprocation.
What happens when there is
simply too much
too deep
too overrun.
What happens when the
warmth of my words
my actions
find their home
perfectly, I,
calloused and shivering.
What does that leave me?
Why should I care
peeling away
ripping out to
speak what I feel
toward you.
I don’t care,
who cares?