"visible"

Beauty is subjective, sure,

and to be quite honest I do not really care

whether I am seen as beautiful

but it would be nice to buy fresh fruit

at the farmers’ market

and bask in the sunshine

without their comments,

without the way they fix their eyes on me

not admiring but confused

as to how someone like me

could possible

be-

how could I exist like them

and not pay mind

to the thing that makes me

visible

at all times?