Literature
Invisible People
I am walking down the street, and I am invisible.
There are people all around me, but none of them see me.
There is no acknowledgement of my presence,
Though I greet them, they do not hear me,
For only I can hear my voice.
I want to be seen so badly that it has become a physical ache in my chest,
Pressure that grows as it squeezes me, ribs creaking in agony.
But no one does.
No one except the other invisible people.
I can hear them as assuredly as they can hear me,
Our whispers flitting like fireflies between the unwanted,
And for a little while, I can smile, and pretend.
But the other invisible people are a long, long way away from me.
We...