Invisible? : I wish I was

Am I invisible? No, I’m not. Sometimes I feel like I am. Sometimes I wish I was. But deep down I know I’m not. Even if it was my deepest desire, I’m certain it’d ever come true. In this house, I may not be invisible, But my feelings definitely are. Like they’re hovering, far away from my body. Where my family can’t see. I soak in the words they preach, When I become the outlet for sadness, anger, and grief. My body moves mindlessly as I comfort them. Each and every person. Even though it is never returned. My brain taps restlessly at my skull, Begging me to listen, Begging me to acknowledge the twinge in my chest, the tears building up in my eyes. But I can’t. I cant. I lay alone in this bed, Staring into the darkness, Wondering why noone cares. Shouldn’t I get some compensation? Don’t I deserve something back? Aren’t my kind words, My selfless actions, Deserving of something, More? I’m told to “keep it together.” But why me? Because I am stronger than them? more mature? more understanding? And yet I am so young. Can my heart keep beating, With this many wounds? My rib cage is torn open, blood leaks from my chest, dark crimson stains the world around me, and yet I still ask, “Are you okay?” Even if it is my life, I will offer it to them, For it bears no importance to me. Surrounded by these people, The ones I call ‘family’, I am a counsellor, for all ages. I wonder where I store it all, All the trauma - That’s been passed down to me, Like a secret ingredient, Measured by the gods. A treasure to keep safe. And I lock it all away. Will I ever escape this? Am I always to be seen as just another diary to dump words in? Someone who will drink up the sorrow, From her very household, Just to prevent a flood? When will this torture end? I know I love them, There is no denying that statement. But I no longer wish to walk around with the label “therapist” stamped on my back. Don’t you see the scales above my head? Dangerously tilting, About to fall? I feel like sometime soon, The bolts will loosen, And all will fall apart. I am breaking into pieces, cracks appearing with each trauma untold. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t here, I wish when they saw me, I was seen for conversation - normal ones. And sometimes I wish I was invisible, Or maybe not even here at all.