What Do You Do That Makes You Invisible?

I’ve always had the echoing refrain,

“Let me not be a burden” bouncing

From wall to wall in every corner of my brain.

Let me sit over here so I don’t

Infringe on your personal space;

Let me move out of the way

Instead of “playing Chicken” on the sidewalk;

Let me lose weight so I don’t

Take up as much room on the planet;

Let me be invisible, if that’s what it takes.

“Let me not be a burden,” but to what end?

What waste have I created by letting myself

Act as less than I am? Even when I become lighter

Or farther away, I still exist, and with less of me

There is less to give. “Let me not be a burden,”

By blowing up and wearing neon lights

And a sandwich board that brightly declares,

“You are worth it, I’m out here for you.”

From: http://nicolehomer.tumblr.com/post/83259422617/15-30-niprowrimo-or-mr-cellopohane