Invisible

Back then
The men would look and smile at me
Like boys applying for a summer job
But no, I never would respond
The vacancy was taken
Back home
My love would whisper in my ear
Those words, a shelter for a troubled soul
That voice, like sunshine when you’re cold
Like water when you’re thirsty
And then one morning he was gone
A day went by and he was gone
A month went by and I would
Stand by the window
Holding the baby
Shaking with fear
Then one day I heard it
As real as the sun
That voice in my ear
That’s when I realized it
He was invisible
Like a magic trick
Like a miracle
I don’t know how he did it
He was gone but he still was there
But totally invisible
But don’t get me wrong
He was tangible
But invisible
Like gravity
Or the air
They said I had to take a little rest
Someplace where they could keep an eye on me
Despite the bars across the window
My room was pretty sunny
Those days were mumbles in a sleeping ear
The hallways always smelled like chicken soup
Most of the doctors were polite
The nuns were nice and… nunny
You eat your lunch, a year is gone
You go to bed, ten years are gone
Then you wake up and wonder
Where is it hiding?
Where did it go?
I don’t understand
The life I had wanted
The life I was promised
The life I had planned?
Then I realized it
It was invisible
That entire life
Was invisible
Because somebody
Misplaced it
So it had to be somewhere
Just out of reach
Just out of sight
There’s a couple dancing in candlelight
No gravity, we’re spinning in the air
Now things are pretty much the same as how they
Used to be
The young men still are smiling
They just never smile at me
At first I thought they might be blind
Like love or gravity
But then I realized
I picked it up
I’ve got the gift
I feel like supergirl
I’ve become invisible
I’m a magic trick
Isn’t it wonderful?
Like a character in a comic book
I can see what you’re thinking
But I don’t care
So if you’re on an empty street
And you hear the tapping of high-heeled feet
Or you hear a heart like a phantom beat
Or the screams of a woman left incomplete
Well, don’t fear what you can’t see
The odds are good that it’s only me
I’m invisible
I’ve vanished
In…
Thin…
Tada