Invisible and Unseen

 

I proclaim myself invisible...
I am transparent and shine
watching the void.

I see you in the mirror...
Telling me secrets,
painting my lips red.

PAR

I have slipped into a dark place
I struggle
Webs of history
in the shadows
I try to illuminate (2 Corinthians 4:6)
but feel like their is
a blanket of darkness over me
My mind says familiar
My heart says
undesirable
I am as low as dirt
Is this what it feels like to be invisible
Even smells are dank
Simple things are so difficult
it makes minutes feel longer
Voices now faint
A chill all around

I pray to you God
help me to get out of this funk

I then spring forth like
a jack in the box

I do not like working
under the house
next time I call a plumber!

Inspired by
A time for everything
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
"A time to laugh"

With cold dead hands,
a ghost I am
to you alone now.

With cold dead hands
that are unseen,
unfelt, and unanticipated.

With cold dead hands,
my visits unknown to you
making you shiver,
and lips embalmed in ice.

With cold dead hands,
I will call on you
to feel your fire of life.

With cold dead hands,
it’s almost as we were.
We are one in ice again.

Silent steps, no one notices    
Echoes in a crowded place  
Voiceless, I blend in with the faces    
A ghost among the living, unnoticed  
   
In the throngs, I am invisible    
A stranger in my own skin    
No one sees me,    
no one is able to hear my thoughts,    
my cries within  
   
The weight of loneliness, a constant load
Days tie together, a monotonous blend  
I am invisible, unheard, alone    
Trapped in my own personal end  
   
I scream for help, for someone to see    
But the world keeps turning, indifferent
The ghost inside me, slowly fading    
Out of sight

It begins with the invisible work
What lies beneath?
Mentally: anxious (or is it stressed?)
Either way, I'm uncrossing these wires before things go berserk  
  
This consciousness, a broken stream  
Such messy thoughts  
Don't dare open your mouth  
Unless each word's placement is pristine  
  
Deep breath in, and let it all out  
Time to release the hold  
What will escape?  
An unintelligible shriek? a disfigured shout?  
  
Here is where the visible work starts  
Where disorganized pieces become cohesive  
And fractured thoughts make art
  
Where what lies within comes out  
And there is no longer room for the unwelcome company of doubt
  
Delivery, crystal clear, with a pretty sheen  
This is the effort it takes to overcome  
What goes unseen

Most mistakes are hard to mend when one’s full of pride
No one else matters, it’s just “me, myself and I”
By the time one realizes they’re wrong, it’s often too late
Open your eyes and help stop the endless cycle of hate.
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As beautiful as a rose is, beware its prickly thorns
Don’t believe empty promises that’ll be forgotten come the morn
Over the horizon lies the sun fighting to reach the sky
Don’t disrespect the sacrifice of those who had to die…
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To offer you a world full of peace and hope
Family’s the only way we can learn to cope
With the losses and pain that are inevitable
Your eyes only see the warnings as invisible.
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Trust your gut instincts; it’ll never fail you
Acknowledge your limits of what you can and can’t do
Become someone who you can learn to love and live with
Encourage and practice common curtesy before it becomes a myth.
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Work on yourself first before you bind yourself for life
Find positive and useful traits to become your drive
Don’t be ashamed to ask for help, we all need to grow
You’re so beautiful, don’t become as cold as snow.
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I promise you that I’ll always be loyal
As the rain falls down to quench the dry soil
As long as we support each other, we’ll be invincible
But first you’ll have to learn to make me visible.
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I’ll be your eyes so you can see
I’ll give you air so you can breathe
I’ll whisper in your ears the words that you want to hear.
I’ll pick you up when you fall down
I’ll sing you a tune when there’s no sound
When you need a place to land, I’ll be your solid ground.
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Yet that ideal world is all but a dream
Quickly disintegrating as it flows downstream
You allow outside influence to tell you it’s impossible
For the moment, I’ll just stand beside you, invisible.

I'm jagged  
cut off at the sleeves  
taking unguarded risk  
not doing what they please
 
Invisible  
out here in the breeze
standing with the masses
not knowing who I'll be
 
I'm dust
swept off to the edges
hidden from the sunshine
not wanting you to sneeze
 
Undesirable
drifting to a different tune
trust lost along with the heartache
not taking it anymore
 
Visions
giving voices to those with alternate choices
trying things that make you sing
not alone  no longer
 
Invisible

When your dreams of me fade into the morning light
And empty, the comfort you grasp for amidst the night

But you know I'm there when the tears never fall;
I hold them in my hand like diamonds, raw

Cabinet doors left open and the lightbulbs shot
You know I'm there, though they say your mind is not.

We never listened to them, their sayings, or charms.
Smile for me once more and I'll be back in your arms.


Walk with me back, back beneath the pinewood trees
I'll call out again as the wind shushes the leaves