Hypnotic Erasure Poem by Nika McGuin

I've always said
That people who say
"I really don't care"
Seem to really do
A sure sign of denial
Yeah, It often is

But now I'm one of them
And I don't care - really
When I used to, so much, back then

Once upon a time
Deep in my delusions
You were everything
And somehow today
You're nothing

And though
For quite some time
You were my
Greatest pain,

It's like watching a magic trick, as the image
that once insistently lingered there,
your face, abruptly begins to disappear
Becoming mist in my mind's eye

Freed by this effective hypnosis
Your memories
From me now are the
Furthest things

Presently,
I don't feel any
Particular way
About you

Just numb
And it's the
Greatest thing

I don't deny it, truthfully
There is a blank space in my heart
A place you used to fill and be
But, rather than recall the misery you impart
It's such a relief to be empty

To finally be numb
It's honestly, the
Greatest thing