The Big Read: Magical power that becomes a curse

I think from time to time all of us can feel invisible. When I was young I dreamt I had it as a power; I dreamt it even more frequently than the power to fly. It felt good to be able to enter a room and not have to say or do anything, to observe other people's lives and hear their conversations and feel connected with the world without the awkwardness and shameful self-exposure of having to engage with it.