If I Die Today

If I die today
would you notice?
alone in my apartment
how long until someone realizes
I'm rotting on the floor

If I die today
would you cry?
should the guilt wash over you
when not a tear falls
you discover you never really cared

If I die today
would there be a funeral?
no one would show up
to see the cheap coffin lowered six feet under
and watch the rock as my grave stone crack in winter

If I die today
I doubt you'll ever realize
that alone in my apartment
I've been dead for months
pretending to be alive

And so I die today, with this knife in my empty apartment
So don't feel guilty, I never loved you either

Poem by awkward silence

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