Ghost

Perks of Being Invisible

Imagine, for a split second, you have the power of being invisible. You suddenly just aren't there anymore. And you see everything go on. It's nice for the first bit. Then you pause and realize you want back in, but it's like a screen separating you from the real world now. You see everything going on without you.

That boy you were dating moved on and married someone else. Your parents had another child. Your friends got a new friend. And it's like you're gone. Your family doesn't mind you being gone. All your stuff suddenly moves and your in your own world, all alone, invisible to the rest of the world, because you aren't there.

The world goes on without you. You hear your own heart beat fade out in your ears. You wonder why your life even happened if it didn't matter, leaving no lasting impacts.

It takes a world of nobodies to build a somebody. Everyone is different, as we say. But maybe we are. We drone on, building this own false sense of security for ourselves in this world that seems to be against us. We bury ourselves in a digital and paper world that isn't ours. 

We go unnoticed, only involved in just us. Us, our dumb, incompetent lives with a false sense of security that seems to falter longer until it isn't there, and then others try to help, and it's like they're giving you the wrong solutions to your problem. 

It's a really long ride, life, and when it's over it doesn't feel like it was there at all. No one knows what will happen when it's all over, and it kills me. Me. I, I am nobody. I live in a world with nobodies. But maybe, one day, we will see a true somebody.

We'll all die one day. It's inevitable, and we fantasize about living forever. But who really wants to live forever? We'll drown in this world we're tied to and we won't be able to leave.

I want to leave. But I won't. Why would I? One of the perks of being invisible is being able to see how much being around is for yourself. You're you, and you won't be anyone else, no matter how hard you try. You live this one life. 

The world will still turn without you. So make this about you. It won't matter to anyone else, but it'll last.

Stand for your rights. Be you. Be you.