What should I say
About the terror and fright
That accompanies
Fall's Halloween night?

(Aw snap I set myself up
For a rhyming poem.
Screw it.)

The fear of unknown
And the joy of the hunt
Makes every child work
For the perfect stunt.

With costumes and hair
And candy galore
There's no telling what
Those at the door have in store.

And if you bring them
This short pretty rhyme
I'll bet you'll have plenty
Of candy in time.

He forgot me.

I suppose I never told him,
How I'm invisible
And that it kills me,
So I'm expecting something
I have no right to expect.

I'm still angry.

This is why,
Even as I sit at a table
Surround by 20-odd people
Who I can name
And name their favorite teas,
I still only believe I have two friends.

Earl Grey

He cuts me like a knife
And he doesn't even know.
Sitting at the end
Of a flickering,
Fading connection
Of LED lights
And wires and invisible wi-fi lines
And even cellular tracks,
Is a relationship I don't understand.

One day I'll kick down the door of his room,
Throw a box of Earl Grey at his face,
And tell him I don't comprehend
But a little effort on his part
Would tell me I'm his friend.

Perhaps I should cut my losses,
And hie to those
That show me they care.
But he was kind
The times he acted as my friend.
And I'm no quitter,
Even if I was never ahead.

I had forgotten
How much I love
To cover myself
With a harmless mask
And to be another,
To perform.
I did not,
However,
Miss auditioning.

The Hawk

He's a hawk,
A beautiful thing
That I can admire
But must not dare
To dream he'll come to rest
On my arm of his own accord.
He'll come when I call
For it's what he does.
Yet should I merely watch
His circular and winding flight
I won't even pretend to imagine
He would notice he'd forgotten me.

A Leaf on the Wind

I'm just a leaf on the wind
That no one sees
Until it flutters into their face,
A bother that soared in their way.
When I'm needed,
When I laugh,
Then suddenly I'm the tree,
Standing tall and wide
Casting such shade
I can see in their eyes
They can't imagine not
Having me around.
And then I sit here,
Sans communication,
Knowing I'm once again
Just that little leaf on the wind.
Watch me soar.

I took lies into myself
That others might not be sad.
But I forgot to uproot them
Before they crawled in
And grew lies of their own.
So I carve this pathetic smile
Onto my face
Not because I'm sad
But because I forgot
How to be happy.