Invisible

I am visible, but I am not seen.

I walk by them in the halls,
I sit next to them in class,
I eat lunch across from them,
and yet they see right through me.

I fake a smile, but it always fades.
They do not see it.
They do not see me.
I am invisible.

Kate has been invisible to everyone for as long as she would like to remember. They do not notice her, they do not talk to her. She wonders what her life would be like if she was popular. She wonders if anyone would miss her if she died. Then she meets Derek, and she wonders if he will be the one to break the walls she's spent years buildings. Will he?