lost in the crowd
she moves on in silence
wondering who will see her
wondering who has the ability
to see the girl invisible to all
longing to be there
longing to be loved
she knows that she was never meant to be
maybe she was supposed to die
maybe no one will ever see her
maybe no one even cares
she opens her mouth and screams
and screams and screams
screaming she stands alone
she chased them all away
except for one boy
who is disappearing
a disappearing boy
he smiles at her as she stops her screaming
she smiles back her crooked smile
and finally realizes
she was never alone
she was
NEVER
ALONE
and there they still stand
hand in hand
the disappearing boy and the invisible girl
.
.
10/18/00
©Patti Keno
to ‘the disappearing boy’ who i met in the ‘Kick Out the Gloom’ chat room and had the most wonderful and poetic email friendship with. Sadly, we lost contact a few years back, but i miss him horribly. I miss his words.
Invisible No More 