listen close

I am here

I don’t make a sound

but I am here

can you hear?

look closely

can you see?

I go unnoticed

slip through the cracks

still

I am here

do you hear?

do you see?

listen closer

carefully now

I’m silent but

I am here

I always have been

look closer

that’s it

I’m invisible but

I am here

and I’m not going anywhere

I am here

I’ve been here

can you hear me now?

can you see me now?

do you know me now?

do you feel me?

do you understand me?

you may not notice me

but I am here

I have always been here