Passing through busy crowds
I am invisible
I can see everyone
Nobody can see me
Disregarded by friends
Overlooked by strangers
I seek recognition
For what I have to give
My kindness is smothered
by a world full of hate
My intellect dismissed
by hostile idiots
My talents ridiculed
by ignorant dullards
I find myself ensnared
in a paradox trap
The more I seek esteem
the quicker I vanish
© 2018 by Benjamin Goodrich
Vox Humbug 