Status: This is a verse novel. Warning: Involves abuse.

Invisible

Nothing, right?

In the morning
he joins me at the table
acting as though
nothing ever happened.

Like
I never
heard
those
screams.

But he doesn't notice me
for I am invisible.

He passes me
says nothing
and I leave the room.

Pausing besides my sister's room,
I press my hand to the door
wondering
what it would be like
if we were a normal
family.

I guess I'll never know.
I can always dream,
wonder,
read books about it,
hear stories,
see photos
of other normal families

but it's not the same.

I drop my hand and walk away.