Apathy

It came from a cruel blow

This tough skin of the worn out

Cries went unanswered

Left alone to heal

Bitterness the scar tissue of the forgotten

This sharing pain ongoing

Holding in a desire to survive

While sinking the ship of humanity

The indifference that forms the divide

Built up around feeble resolve

Set adrift its sweet seduction

And raise firmly a familiar face

To ease the pain of you and I

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. Apathy speaks to the emotional aftermath of neglect — how unanswered suffering can harden into indifference, deepening division while quietly corroding our shared humanity.