Scatter
Sarah Kaminski“Let’s play hide-and-seek,” she said, covering her eyes and counting to ten. Children scattered across the schoolyard, racing to find the perfect spot.
Not him. He sat on the bench and watched, stared as one by one she found her friends. He never needed to hide to win her game. He was invisible. He wandered through recess alone.
Unseen. It was a blessing and a curse. When day by day, year after year, his classmates ignored or sometimes worse. Being noticed meant shoves in the hallway, trips in the cafeteria. Heads dunked in toilets. And girls snickering in the background.
Invisibility brought safety. And loneliness.
It meant watching with aching heart as she blossomed, school girl turned teenage daydream. Her games of hide-and-seek transformed into spin the bottl
