when we are Invisible

when we are invisible we sit in silence
in a mouldy fish moth garage
ash brick cement crumbles slow
wondering if we should eat our fingers
while they gorge on decadence
wrapped in celebration glitz 
when fast they did not
                  bodies swirl on beds
                  heads together 
blood still splattering distended bellies

                    a new Gaia is birthing 

when we are invisible we listen to 
falsetto laughter ripple table laden  
gossip ~ a bouquet lies thirsty
rose petals leaking slow tears whilst 
ash brick cement crumbles slow
recreated memories exaggerated 
fly across congested kitchen space
                  bodies swirl on beds
                  heads together 
blood still splattering distended bellies
 
                      a new Gaia is birthing 
  
when we are invisible we walk
beach sand where friends picnic
they see us not though smiling 
we cross their chequered blanket 
to join in cheese merriment raucous 
ash brick cement crumbles slow

our frequency can only bypass 
obesity complaining about 
sandy sandwiches tomatoed 
                    bodies swirl on beds
                    heads together 
blood still splattering distended bellies

                     a new Gaia is birthing 

when we are invisible dark or light 
matters not, neither gunpowder 
or champagne allures, hunger 
and satiation is not an experience 

invisibility not a cloak or mask
maybe point on translucent ouroboros 
assessing other points just for the
hell of it ~ in all seriousness God
laughs either way because 
invisibility and materiality is a single 
coin in His-Her cosmic peg bag
                     bodies swirl on beds
                     heads together 

blood still splattering distended bellies
       ash brick cement crumbles   s l o W
                                     s l o w …ly 

                      a new Gaia is birthing 
                         quietly______slOw ly
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March 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
so much playing out under our invisible lives, I am not sure I understand all of this poem, but I get the bleeding leaves to birth... great work, Ghairo <3
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