Poem: Dear Dad, Invisible is no way to live.

Dear Dad,

INVISIBLE Is no way to live

I was your little boy, that could never be seen

The doctors told you I was born a girl

You and mom believed them

My brother stole the show from me

He was your son

I was the broken one

They taught me that I could not be

So I believed I was not meant to be seen

So I became the beautiful broken one

The “Tom Boy”, whatever that means to a boy

INVISIBLE is no way to live

I cut my arms and you watched me bleed, but you did not see that either

The red trickled down my arms made me feel more alive

Even then I was invisible

I believed them when I could not be more

INVISIBLE is no way to live

I wished for death and I often dreamed of being him

I never wanted to wake up to this world

Trapped in what culture made me to be

A girl

A prison that became a blur

Now, a distant memory

Most my life taken

INVISIBLE is no way to live

Yet, I live now

And yet, to you, I was always dead

Sincerely,

Your son

You never got to know.

Anunnaki Ray Marquez

February 28th, 2016

This poem dedicated to U2-Invisible

~.V.~