More Than Invisible

Awake from another night,

Spent tossing and turning in bed.

Dreams of friends forgotten,

Who would never remember him.

A ghost of a man, he walks unnoticed,

He passes through everyone around him.

He reaches out, but his hands pass through everyone.

You can’t touch what isn’t really there.

Everyday he searches for someone to set him free,

But secretly he thinks it’s in vain.

But one day, when he isn’t even searching,

He happens upon another poor soul.

Well liked, truly cared about,

Yet still hiding pain.

He reaches out, forgetting his curse,

To wipe away the tears.

And to his shock, the spell is broken,

And she looks up at him.

She smiles at him,

Which makes him smile.

And he goes through the day,

Thinking of the girl whose tears he wiped away.