Story Time With Fumei

Invisible

Prompt #42

They all hurried past. As usual. I'd say it was embarrassing, but that would be barking up the wrong tree completely. In fact, I've been experimenting with the things a man can do when he can't be seen. You see, I'm not exactly normal. I am completely invisible to the naked human eye. How you may ask? Well then, let's start from the beginning.

I was only 17 when I felt the knife explode into my back. Although, I felt no pain, just shock and a faint feeling of dizziness. It was then that I realised my body was laying before me. MY BODY. As I looked down at myself, I was met by a two pairs of almost transparent hands and feet. "I'm- a ghost?" I wondered. I suddenly felt weak and crumpled on the ground, devastated, yet still so curious about my new... condition. But enough about that. Always seems to stir up old, unwanted memories.

So yes, I am a spirit. Stuck inbetween the afterlife and death, I attempt to help the ones I loved in my life. A tragic tale yes, but I'm afraid that's all I can do. Sometimes I feel what would be tears at the corners of my eyes. Sometimes I feel hatred for the one that plunged the knife into me all those years ago. But as they say: "What's done is done." Apparently that remains the same for my life...