I’m not here,
but I’m near.
Don’t look for me
because, where I am, you can’t be.
I’m an image you can’t see.
Do you agree??
I’m unreal.
I can’t even get your attention
when I do a cartwheel.
I’m quarantined,
and all I ever wanted was to be seen.
Supernatural,
like a ghost in the dark.
I feel like a
fictional book.
Why can’t you just look?
I have an idea, a thought,
a plan.
I’ll chase you wherever you go, like
Pac-Man.
Until the day you
observe.
That’s the day it’ll strike
a nerve.
I’m hidden from everyone,
and only you know.
Am I a friend
or a foe?
When you finally notice,
that’s when I’ll show.
Just standing there
waiting for you to say “Hello.”
You walk over and
lay a hand on my shoulder.
My true colors start to
reveal.
My heart and love are clear
like a windshield.
We are no longer foes, but lovers
with BIG hearts
that can be seen.
Julia, high school, Badgerdog alum
unbound 