Invisible Presence

I stand in the corners, just out of view, A fleeting shadow they never knew. In laughter’s echo, I’m barely a sound, A silent sigh, lost in the background. They dance and they dream, their voices collide, While I’m left wandering, standing outside. A glimpse of warmth, a touch never met— The kind of closeness I cannot forget. I fade in the spaces they never see, Longing for something I’ll never be. I exist, yet slip like the day into night, A ghost in their world, hidden from sight. I’m a part of their world, yet not really there, A fragment of dust adrift in the air. I watch them pass by, so close, so far, The spaces between us like light from a star.