Clothes Of Invisibility Poem by John A'Hern

All through life, has this bothered you?
Always there but somehow never seen,
Maybe shyness contributed to this condition
Maybe it is just the situation.
When trouble beckoned, invisibility would help you through
However, there are occasions when it offends that is true.

Standing in queues patiently waiting
Overlooked again due to casual stance
Always wondering will you ever get a chance
Make your own chances inner voice commands.
Now in adulthood, the problem persists
Believing certain clothes of invisibility do indeed exist.

Invisible clothing on today as you go about your way
Standing at the bar of local pub waiting, waiting, waiting.
Speak up an inner voice calls out,
You whisper excuses and tell it to be quiet.
For a person that does not suffer fools easily
You let yourself down with this excuse of invisibility.

Speak up, speak up, the voice continues
I will, I will shout out silently.
Your turn it comes, now you speak too softly,
Then the possibility of I am sorry your accent threw me.
Many a time you have walked away
Come back, come back, you hear them say,
You have now entered your invisible World with no way out.

On occasions when returning to The Land of our Father's
The welcomes are many without any accent problems.
Waiting at the bar of yet another Pub, what would you like?
A voice brings you back to Earth.
A pint of best bitter quietly said, coming right up without any delay
Invisibility is gone today, Hooray for manners inner voice says.