Shadows of Invisible

Alone again

No surprise

And people talk to me

But only about HIM

Everyone sees me as a shadow

They pay no mind

                                                                        If I sit in a chair

Standing in a crowd                                          Do I take up a seat?

I fall                                                                 If I lie in a bed

I was pushed                                                   Is the bed occupied?

And I see the suspect

Standing there

Looking right through me

As if nothing had happened

And I wasn’t even there

No guilt or anything

 

I truly am a shadow

Invisible to everyone but myself

 

I see people I know

I am friendly with these people

I watch them as they walk by

I don’t exist to them

They look in every direction but mine

As if intentionally ignoring me

Specifically insisting

That I don’t exist

That I am as unique

As a brick on the wall

Or a tile on the floor

 

Especially a tile on the floor

Because if I didn’t move out of the way

They’d walk right over me

 

I truly am invisible

I wonder what would happen if I died