Hero or Ghost?

[newo_fic]

Title:  Hero or Ghost?
Author:  Newo_fic
Spoilers:  Pre-IWTB
Challenge:  #5 - First Lines
Word Count:  90
First Line:  Invisible Man by  Ralph Waldo Ellison


I am an invisible man
hiding in plain sight
for either good measure
or spite.

The truths I’ve sought don’t find me;
answers don’t reveal themselves.
The Law wants me,
the fates ignore me,
and the world curses my existence.

I love in secret,
touching her body in the shadows
and offering pleasurable words in whispers.

Disappearing is necessary
but not long lasting.
I wait out my days in newspaper confines
waiting…waiting…waiting…
sometimes I don’t know
what I’m waiting for.
But I know that this invisible man’s quest
will not be in vain.