"The Park..."

School bells sound in the distance.  The church steeple looms just across the street.  MSU students are flowing the sidewalks going and going - its cool but bright, a good day to breathe.  They closed the Barnes and Noble - too few going there - not that less read, but possibly that less can afford to buy and sometimes less is worth the reading when the pennies bleed from tightening fingers.

"The Park..."

Standing here - right here
back to the tree trunk...

it's chilly today
came outside to breathe - today

and yesterday

and the day before.

 

Can you even

...even

see

...me?

 

I almost wish you were flirting with me...
almost ...because then I wouldn't
feel so - unsure;

feel so - what if I'm wrong;
feel so - no, no way...

 

feel so - wish full that you were...
today.

 

Chris

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Ed Hart]

no way that you're invisible Chris...i'd spot you half a mile away, and come see if i could catch a smile...they see you, just not when you're looking...as fas as eyes meeting eyes are concerned, it has always struck me as strange that people are willing to remain ignorant of who is within arms distance...i surely want to know if that person is crazier than i am

[Wendy Seames Garner]

I can almost see you, Chris, is that the park near the river? But then, I don't think it's me, that you are wishing to see you. A wistful kind of day.

[J. J. Nightingale]

WE CAN FEEL INVISIBLE ANYWHERE .. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE AND MORE EACH DAY, FOR ME .. .. EYES WINK LESS .. HANDS REACH LESS, OR NOT AT ALL .. WORDS ARE SPOKEN TO .. LESS .. OR NEVER .. .. I DON'T FEEL THOSE EYES STARING A HOLE THROUGH MY BACK .. .. .. I AM JUST HERE, OR THERE .. KINDA NO-WHERE .. . I ALMOST WISH SOME-ONE WAS FLIRTING WITH ME .. LOOKING IN MY EYES FOR A REASON , AND NOT JUST BECAUSE IT IS THEIR JOB .. OR THEY ARE JUST BEING KIND .. .. .. SOMETIMES WE ARE LOST INSIDE WISH-FULL THINKING .. BECAUSE THAT IS A SAFE , WELCOME PLACE .. AND PEOPLE LIKE US THERE, AND WANT OUR COMPANY .. BUT IT IS ALSO A LITTLE HOPEFUL .. MAYBE SOME-ONE MIGHT JUST BE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER .. .. AND WE WON'T BE WRONG, THIS TIME, WE WILL BE SURE , THAT THEY ARE TRULY INTERESTED IN KNOWING US .. . .. OH, I WOULD PROBABLY SIT DOWN AND READ OR RELAX, IN A PUBLIC PARK, WHERE I WASN'T SURROUNDED BY YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENTS .. THEN I WOULDN'T FEEL SO INVISIBLE .. OR UNAPPROACHABLE ..

NOW I AM GOING TO BREATHE .. .. OH, AS THE OTHERS WROTE, I WOULD NOTICE YOU THERE CHRIS ... ALWAYS ! ..

JAZZ ..

[J Todd Underhill]

The park is where I want to be right now, but my new position has me in the inner sactum of the hospital, now window to facilitate daydreaming... At least I have your words to pond in my mind.