Just a Role
    By Gen X


    I'm right here.
    But you don't see me.
    Do you?
    The little boy
    With flaming Red hair.
    Everyone
    Knows my name but
    No one
    Cares.

    My best friend
    Is the Boy Who Lived.
    Shining
    In the spotlight.
    I'm always just behind.
    Without a scar.
    Without fame.
    Not Head Boy.
    Not Quidditch Captain.
    Not a thing.
    Just the younger brother.
    The best friend.

    I'm fighting for,
    I want
    Recognition
    For people to see me
    And think only of me.
    No one does.
    Not even me.

    Some people say
    We are defined
    By our Roles
    In life
    And to just accept it
    But they don't
    Understand
    How hard it is
    To blend
    Into the Shadows
    Fearing that you will
    Never
    Step into the light.

    fin

    ~story index~