Half-heartedness

Half-heartedness - by, Alyssa Paige

the sounds are pretty,
don't mean a thing,
but are oh so pretty,
i listen half-heartedly,
only with one ear,
i smile dreamily,
thinking sad thoughts,
pushing back tears,
but listening to,
the pretty sounds,
and smiling all the while,
only to myself,
no one else knows,
and everything's a blur,
only pretty sounds,
and half-heartedness.