They look right past the trailer door,
And talk as if I’m never there.
"She doesn't fish," I hear him say,
A heavy truth hangs in the air.
But no one casts a line my way,
Or ask if I would like to ride.
They only ask me to babysit,
And leave my own desires inside.
They feel as if I were a hermit,
I am never asked to see a movie or share a meal.
But I’m just waiting in the shade,
Inside this quiet box of steel.
Tucked tight into the yard’s far edge trying not to fade,
A quiet life behind the screen.
The anchor, holding down the fort,
The forgotten one, who stays unseen,
Always a good sport.
Do crowds make you feel unseen?
Wish someone knew your name
What would it feel like to be heard?
Maybe you need break the silence.
You’re mouth makes no sound
Footprints leave no trace
Your heart forgets it’s warmth
No one calls your name
You wander through the crowd
Wrapped within a shroud
No one seems to care
You are a nothing but air.
No pain cuts deeper
Than being unseen
Nothing more crushing
As having no voice.
When walking a busy street
Notice the shadow.
When looking at a sunset
Hear the unspoken words.
See the quiet in the crowd,
Hear words left unspoken
Love begins the moment
We choose to see the shadow ….
souls of innocence flourishing in the garden of a keeper
happily served with bowls of cacao and ambrosia of ether
guarded by the coracle of invisibility
When we where younger we all wanted that invisibility cloak, talking about how many pranks we would do or how we would sneak out
I was born with it sewn into my skin
I’ve tried cutting it, dyeing it but nothing seems to affect the effect
whereas I, by chance, talking to myself, finding myself
alone, enclosed by four walls and a door, knock
to see, in the invisibility, with x-ray ability, not held,
if you dear reader, sitting by your nightlight, might
switch it on and find a word to speak silently
or out loud; your choice. the ones you borrow
from a native tongue, feeling
their incomprehensible weight,
stopping mid-sentence, to ponder if you are moved
in the slightest bit; I’m biting my lip in anticipation,
though I’ve no inkling that you're mulling over
my thoughts, my doubts, my innards, my all.
now, I, think of you, sitting by a scintilla of light,
moonlight marvels at the roundness of your lips
as you nearly sing your “o’s;” sonnets seem
sensual alongside the bed, though always grieving.
love is a dog, a walk in the woods, a lark.
leave me be. let me remember you as I long to.
don’t say goodbye, but leave my sighs on the table,
where you first met me, and I almost met you,
and you, dear reader, take back up with me,
though now there’s a familiarity between us,
lost in the shadows, amidst the stars
and you can nearly hear me breathing.
frantic scream of fear
dance moves never seen before
invisible curse
8/1/23
“Place this cloak around you and blink six times
You will then hear three chimes
When your body begins to shudder
You’ll be invisible to your own mother!”
E-erie
R-abidity
I-n
C-ontagion
A-nd
M-ystery
A-pplies
E-pidemic
M-onster
A-s
N-otorious
I-nvisibility
C-ontaminates
A-ny
N-ation
I-nternationally
Topic: Birthday of Ericamae G. Manicani (May 25)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-abidity's
I-nvisibility
Z-one
A-pplies
L-ethal
E-pidemic
L-etfing
I-nfection
S-pread
Topic: Birthday of Riza T. Lelis (May 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-ontagion's
R-abid
I-nfection
S-eriously
S-preads
Y-ucky
C-oronavirus'
L-ink
A-s
E-pidemic
E-eriness'
G-rime
E-mploys
N-astiness'
I-nvisibility
A-nd
S-ilence
Topic: Birthday of Crissy Clae A. Egenias (May 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
I was never so childhood invincible
as when invisibility empowered.
We are never so integrity distinguished
than when actively flexible.
Earth could channel West-hemisphere wealth competitions
monoculturing
healthiest when East/West nondual WholeEarth cooperative
polyculturing.
LeftBrain psyches of dominant cognitive dissonance
are never so invincible
as when RightBrain prominently cooperative Whole
integrity of Default Mode Network,
invisibly Win/Win bicameral
bilateral
binomially co-passionate.
I have never been so old age invincible
as when invisible ego/eco-empowered,
in/out mediated,
median minded,
cooperative default mode hearted.
"Believe in the releasing of pain,
hoping that fond memories remain"
I n v i s i b l e to the human eye,
threshold to forgiveness- learn to fly;
foggy isolation filled with scorn-
indelible through sullen nightfall,
forlorn, worn and torn;
with a broken heart too weak to bawl;
I crawl...(path to a dream once captured)-
hope resides within the e n r a p t u r e d.
syllable count: 9-9-9-9-5-9-9-9
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September 2, 2019
Writing Challenge 1, September 2019 - Eight Lines
Sponsor, Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode
Leaf lives
independently
with love in invisible air
-February 18, 2019 Chattogram
I"m like a legend
I'm stronger than I realize
No pride - be humble
Don't act so foolish
Don't get carried away, bro
Laughter and anguish
Trials faced are awful
Feels like I'm at a dead end
You miss laughter, oh?
We should be happy
Be grateful for what we have
Even if I am snappy
I'm my own hero
I choose sheer peace, not war
I'm hurt to the core
I'm supposedly
Invincible and bold - sweet!
I have empathy
Daily, we look at strangers such as cashiers; they see us too.
Removed from them, can we describe their faces? Can they describe ours?
Invisibility seems part of the human condition.
Written Feb. 20, 2017 for the Invisible Contest of Lewis Raynes
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