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Incredibly invasive invisibility

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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 7 months ago 1 min read
Incredibly invasive invisibility
Photo by Cate Brodersen on Unsplash

dig deeper inside the box, the show, The Bear, has completely shot my nervous system with a barrage of garbled energy and fury, the emotional carnage of this crash keeps me feeling like I’m invisible

Like Carmy when he told his abuser exactly how invisible he made him feel

the answer was stark indifference, worse than hatred

For his existence, his entire experience, was of no consequence or of even a slight thought

I have screamed my lungs out into the void of a gaslighting machine that has virtually destroyed me for all intents and purposes

Yet here I am, just like Carmy

Who tells us we are invisible,

Indeed,

We are right here, bleeding

Bruising,

Crying,

Screaming, laughing, dancing, cooking and cleaning

As though the dicing of a large meal cannot destroy the essence of that individual ingredient

As though dicing a person into something that crawls, begs, dies for love

Cannot make them invisible

It made me invincible

Steps to disappear are all there in the boiling pot of human misery

But to be a wallflower is not a waste

I cannot bring myself to take away from the exquisitely precious, excruciating pain of being loved through a heavenly gift

As you feel see-through, a beautiful ghost

I can take your hand through the bloody noise of invisible

I invite you to make the invisible an invitation to the fringe of your mortality

To sink into the divine realm

That tv show really made me feel on edge, so nerve wracking and full of so many emotions

The noise cuts from the fat

Carmy, let’s go see those invisible ones with new eyes.

fact or fiction

About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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  • ThatWriterWoman6 months ago

    As though dicing a person into something that crawls, begs, dies for love, Cannot make them invisible, It made me invincible' Wow, Melissa, that hit me straight in the chest! Well done

  • AmynotAdams7 months ago

    I haven't seen it yet but heard a lot maybe I'll give it a chance you made it seem pretty good. I love the way you write your so intelligent and intruqute may have spelled that extremely wrong lol I just made a new one hope you like it💖💖

  • Boiling pot of human misery, I especially loved that!

  • "Mr. Cellophane" is my theme song.

  • So raw and real. You turned invisibility into something painfully human—and strangely beautiful. That line about dicing the meal hit hard. Thank you for this.

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