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Visible

January 20, 2015
By OurVoices PLATINUM, Merrimac, Massachusetts
OurVoices PLATINUM, Merrimac, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are" - e.e. cummings


Am I invisible?
I open my mouth
Nobody hears the words
I shout
Heads don’t turn
I scream until I see red
Why can’t anybody hear me?!
I know I’m real
Do they?
Chattering around and around and around
As if I don’t exist
I’m sitting right here.
I wave my arms
Eyes remain glassed
Stares vacant, placid, forward
I throw stones
But they sink straight down
Not a ripple to be seen
I tell a joke,
No one laughs.
I stand up,
They remain seated.
I run,
But I can’t get far enough away.
But one,
One head is turned toward me
One is enough
You,
You see me too,
We can be invisible together,
Visible at last.


The author's comments:

We all feel invisible sometimes.


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