were forgotten.
Erase my footprints
on paths trodden.
Signs that I wandered here
hidden.
Yet I don’t want
my journey to end.
A solitary adventurer
who will stroll and wend.
Cross paths with no one
A floating phantom
I wish I could disappear
like morning mist.
All thoughts of me
dismissed.
No trace that I
exist.
Yet I don’t want
to truly perish.
Just from the eyes
and hearts of people
I want to vanish.
Carefree and alone
An absent soul
I wish I could eliminate
the memory of me.
Wash it out
to sea.
Remain in the mind
of nobody.
The weight of expectations
lifts.
The burden of obligations
drifts.
Liberated from bonds and ties,
my wings of freedom arise.
An anonymous identity
An ethereal entity
Yet I don’t want
my light to fade.
Beam brightly
like a glimmering jade
that nobody will find.
In the night sky is outlined
a shining constellation
that will receive no observation
or appreciation.
I need no admiration.
My own glow
is enough jubilation.
An invisible illumination
Thus I plead to you
to detach from me.
I swear to you
I’m not worthy
of your love and fidelity.
I want to end the agony
I bring to those around me.
Thus please disregard me.
For in this world,
I’m a nobody.
I live inside my mind,
in a realm of my own design.
I can’t be
who you want me to be.
I can’t match
the image you drew of me.
Across the galaxies
my soul has traversed.
For I was born
in the wrong universe.
A being from the shadows
whom no one knows.
A subtle silhouette
you are meant to forget.
