Invisible

I'm invisible now A victim of my own deliberate efforts, of my own success I'm invisible now I hold space for others so that they may feel seen, feel heard I'm invisible now Emotional space for everyone else but me I'm invisible now Always calm, always OK, always consistent I'm invisible now No opinions to be shared For I have been deemed too extreme, too unorthodox So no point, no purpose, no end game to be had I'm invisible now I will talk with them, laugh with them, listening to every word they utter But yet they will never know me, truly know me For there remains a distance, a boundary, a limit I'm invisible now There is a wish to be seen, and to be loved for who is seen But it's not possible They can't see, so I will not be seen, and will not be loved Invisible people rarely are