Whatever

"Did I do something wrong?"
"Yeah, but whatever."
The cry for help of teenage girls
disguised as letting it go.
"Whatever" in the sense of
"nothing is okay."

"Whatever" she said after he
broke her heart and underneath
lay
tears.

"Whatever" he said to his father who
went back on his words and underneath
lay
betrayal.

"Whatever" she said to her parents who
wouldn't come and see her and underneath
lay
disgust.

Disgust that they didn't care
but she's not allowed to show it
and
betrayal that his dad is a liar
but he needs to be a man
and
tears that he is long gone before she could say goodbye
but she can't show attachment.

Whatever.