Lost

I don’t know when it happened.

Nor do I know why

But all I know is that suddenly,

I’ve lost the urge to cry.

I do not shed a tear at pain,

Depressed, but I do not weep.

I cannot cry at normal times,

nor do I cry myself to sleep.

It’s been far too long since a single tear

has made its way down my face

far too long since any emotion

shown a single trace

My laughter is weak, a failing mimic of a giggle

My anger soon fades, or sometimes won’t kindle.

All I know is indifference as I lay on my bed

My brain eroding away from dark thoughts in my head

I am a human being- I have cried, and laughed, and feared. But, funnily, without my noticing, my emotions disappeared.