i don't wish to be invisible
but i wish they'd never seen me
or heard my voice.
i wish to be known and i guess
also to be loved
without anyone ascribing a sense
of beautiful or ugly to me.
please!
i wish you would expose me
for the brave comment
for the snide remark
for the gentle mention
for the valiant mistake
that i am.
but--stop! don't do it,
my pretty face is my shield
and if i weren't so scared
i would've already destroyed it.
i would've made my invisible visible
and you would all see what i am,
really.
don't do it
i wish i could do it for myself:
to be naked but not afraid
Nov 25, 2018
Nov 25, 2018 at 3:57 PM UTC
i don't wish to be invisible
but i wish they'd never seen me
or heard my voice.
i wish to be known and i guess
also to be loved
without anyone ascribing a sense
of beautiful or ugly to me.
please!
i wish you would expose me
for the brave comment
for the snide remark
for the gentle mention
for the valiant mistake
that i am.
but--stop! don't do it,
my pretty face is my shield
and if i weren't so scared
i would've already destroyed it.
i would've made my invisible visible
and you would all see what i am,
really.
don't do it
i wish i could do it for myself:
to be naked but not afraid
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