Look and Touch Only

When You're on Display 

When you're on display 

your entire life

People stop seeing you

You are invisible 

unless they need you

In their minds

You do not need

And if you need

they do not understand

How could anyone desire me

for who I really am?

How can I be someone

who desires anything?

When I've been displayed

as a neatly wrapped package

tied with a bow and enclosed

Who can know?

-- Mary Anne Stewart - Dec. 29, 2015