400 Poem Challenge (completed December 26, 10:15am)

and you

my heart speaks often

to those who do not reply

i am but a shadow

to the veiled eyes

look not my way

for to recognize

would mean to acknowledge

and sympathize

but

that is not you

i smile a sad smile

a rejected soul

an ignored conscience

a deepened hole

ignorance is bliss

and i wear a bullseye

muted conversations

darkened skies

but

this is true

i grieve not for me

but for you

because

i am happy with the way i am

and you

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