How to Disappear

by Sharon Huss Roat

Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world. Even your shadow leaves you when you’re in darkness.

It’s sad when you feel alone in a room full of people. I am a prisoner in my own mind. No one needs, wants, or loves me.

At full height, standing tall, everything seems perfect. It’s not until you sink down low that you can see the flaws. From my perspective, it’s hard to see anything but the flaws.

The way to overcome your fear is to just face it.

You are not alone.

Tonight, for the first time in my life, I am winning against the fear of being—of taking up space and getting in the way . . . of being wrong or stupid or pathetic or not good enough. Of being laughed at. Finally, I am winning against myself.