Last Friday I found out what its like to not feel like a tree

Invisible and gone, they forgot about me

Like a ghost walking the crowded halls

Invisible and gone, they can’t feel me

I could break every law and rule

Invisible and gone, they wouldn’t see me

I could spill coffee all over myself

Invisible and gone, they can’t taste me

I could scream in the classroom or office

Invisible and gone, th...

I am not the big attraction

I am not the main event

I am not the greatest spectacle

I am not a monument

But that’s ok,

I like it like this

I haven’t a drop of resent

I’m used to being forgotten, ignored

I know I am a reject, I know that I am

Invisible...

Imagine feeling invisible to your own parents

I’m not talking old shit, but present tense

No matter how much you cry for them to see you

They complain and continue to do what they do

Imagine feeling invisible in this cruel world

Not only are you black, but you’re a black girl

Men constantly harassing you and making passes

Can’t call the cops with their trigger happy asses

Imagine, can you imagi...

He gazes at me, soft and warm,

But yet, somehow it seems to me,

His eyes no longer hold a storm,

They see me with uncertainty.

The air we breathe feels thin and cold,

A ghost of warmth where passion burned.

Conversations, hollow, fold,

Like fragile wings, at each word turned.

His heart, a garden parched and dry,

Once bloomed for me, a vibrant scene.

Now withers with each day gone by,

To him, I...

In the silence of my own mind,

I am lost, left far behind.

Invisible in the bustling Street,

A shadow falling at the world's feet.

No echo of my silent cries,

In the void where my spirit lies.

Unseen in the sea of faces,

I'm adrift in desolate spaces.

The laughter and joy, they pass me by,

As unseen as darkness in the night sky.

In the hush of the lonely night,

I vanish, out of mind, out of si...

I’ve heard that some people don’t have an internal monologue; they don’t hear their own voice, voicing all their thoughts out loud in their mind. When I first heard of it, I couldn’t comprehend it. If I was like that, how else would I be able to come to terms with all that’s happened in my life?

I make up conversations with myself in my own head, I make up possible scenarios in my head, I intervi...

What she does

Makes me fuss

You only tell me that I’m a cuss

You see her image perfectly,

But as for me you never see.

You never even talk to me,

That’s why I rant through poetry

Will you ever see me shine?

Will you ever see me fine?

Or will I ever stop to whine?

Will I always depend on wine?

I’ve showed you this true side of mine,

You always seem to draw a line.

I only hope you to see through ...

I walk by,

Try to laugh.

Try to smile,

As I pass.

“Hey, it’s me!”

“Again?”

The crinkle of disgust-

Their faces say it all.

I don’t need to talk,

It’d be like a brick wall.

I wave this time,

A friendly thing.

One girl looks up.

My heart starts to sing.

I smile.

Is it worthwhile?

She smiles too,

My heart skips a few.

“We don’t talk with Her.”

The other ones say.

Ever so suddenly,

She looks away...

I Lay On This Bed Comforted By A Blanket Of Money-

To Me That Is Sweeter Than The Sweetest Honey-

My Wardrobe Shares It’s Space With The Most Expensive Of Gowns-

Oh How They Make Me Feel As If I Could Drown-

Have You Seen My House-

It Makes Me Feel Like A Small Mouse-

It’s Filled With So Many Things-

Some Of Which Are Diamond Rings-

I Look In The Mirror To See Something Beautiful-

Yes Baby My Ar...

i hide him down below.

feel his anxiety and adrenaline.

when those sirens ring.

a marathon pulse.

sometimes he tries to look.

i push him back in.

They don’t see him.

a wanted man.

yet not wanted by anyone.

left to rot in the lost.

daring not to show his true face.

harboring a fugitive.

that is myself....