you steal a piece of my #soul – v2 #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you may not realize
your blatant condemnation
you disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at your condescension...
One of the invisible people
you can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking your commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
you steal a piece of my soul
every time you ignore me
tapping on your phones
when you expect me to serve you
to know what you want
precisely, completely,
when you are not looking
when you don’t hear my questions
when you treat me
as one of the invisible people...
 
humbled before you,
your quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality...
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as you are
tapping on your cell phones
barking your orders
not noticing those before you…
 
I hate what you do
matters to me, at all,
that I seek any approval
in the eyes of man...
But your indifference cuts me
I feel your contempt for us
the invisible people, servants,
that you see as beneath you...
We must find our worth within,
and in the eyes of God...
 
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Merged June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul – v2
 
Edited June 8, 2026
Invisible People – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people-v2.html
June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/you-steal-piece-of-my-soul.html
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people.html
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, pain, value, worth,
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth
 

#Invisible #People – v2 #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you may not realize
your blatant condemnation
you disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at your condescension...
One of the invisible people
you can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking your commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
humbled before you,
your quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality...
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as you are
tapping on your cell phones
barking your orders
not noticing those before you…
 
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Edited June 8, 2026
Invisible People – v2
 
June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/you-steal-piece-of-my-soul.html
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people.html
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, pain, value, worth,
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you steal a piece of my #soul #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you steal a piece of my soul
every time you ignore me
tapping on your phones
when you expect me to serve you
to know what you want
precisely, completely,
when you are not looking
when you don’t hear my questions
when you treat me
as one of the invisible people...
 
I hate what you do
matters to me, at all,
that I seek any approval
in the eyes of man...
but your indifference cuts me
I feel your contempt for us
the invisible people, servants,
that you see as beneath you...
We must find our worth within,
and in the eyes of God...
 
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June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul
 
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people.html
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, pain,
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain
 

#Invisible #People #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

they may not realize
their blatant condemnation
their disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at their condescension
One of the invisible people
they can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking their commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
humbled before them,
their quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality,
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as they are
tapping on their cell phones
barking their orders
not noticing those before them…
 
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Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
 
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, 
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols

Like tears in rain – v6 #BladeRunner #Alzheimers #Dementia

A silent scream of loss, of regret,
of losing control, existence,
in our inner self, our identity,
Flowing out of us, pouring,
Becoming perfect, dissolution…
into a great unknown…

Like tears in rain, waters intermingled,
melting, sharing, dissolving, dispersing,
moments, lost in oblivion, in minutes,
falling into nothingness, union,
Who we were in life…
seemingly Lost in time...

Our lives, our memories, our essence,
becoming part of a vast ocean, water,
the pool of the universe, matter,
of time and infinite space,
An expiration date, a release…
Eternity, a pool deep, profound...

Like tears in rain, waters intermingled,
melting, sharing, dissolving, dispersing,
moments, lost in oblivion, in minutes,
falling into nothingness, union,
Who we were in life…
seemingly Lost in time...

One with the living waters, blending,
a place of peace and happiness,
Eternity, an ocean, spreading,
perfect dilution, immortality -
Heaven, becoming eternal…
one with the universe…

When it is our time to die…

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Edited September 12, 2025
Like tears in rain – v6

Edited February 11, 2024
Like tears in rain – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/like-tears-in-rain-v5.html
Edited February 8, 2024
Like tears in rain – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/like-tears-in-rain-v4.html
February 8, 2024
A Clear Day
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-clear-day.html
About the Sunday before Mom passed on Friday
(see highlighted notes below)
and after reading the poem, “Alzheimer’s”
by Anthony Walton
&
Edited June 28, 2022
Like tears in rain – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/like-tears-in-rain-v3.html
Edited June 27, 2022
Like tears in rain – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/like-tears-im-rain-v2.html
Edited June 26, 2022
Like tears in rain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/like-tears-in-rain.html
Edited June 25, 2022
Like tears in the rain – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/like-tears-in-rain-v2.html
June 25, 2022
(Like) Tears in the rain
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/06/tears-in-rain.html
Blade Runner at 40
Rutger Hauer's monologue as Roy Batty
(It even has a Wikipedia page)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_rain_monologue

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, God, Alzheimers, Blade Runner, legacy, faith, Spirit, soul, time, memories, life, immortality, eternal, struggle, dementia,

#poetry #God #Alzheimers #BladeRunner #legacy #faith #Spirit #soul #time #memories #life #immortality #eternal #struggle #dementia #disease #Alzheimer #alzheimersdisease

Invisible People

they may not realize
their blatant condemnation
their disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at their condescension
One of the invisible people
they can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking their commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
humbled before them,
their quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality,
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as they are
tapping on their cell phones
barking their orders
not noticing those before them…
 
-------------
May 1, 2025
Invisible People
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America,
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America

You create a thin space – v3

You create a thin space,
brushing at the edge of heaven,
a murmur, a prayer, a whisper,
coming as close as breath,
to the infinite, to our imagination,
to our journey here on earth.
 
You conjure magic, emotion,
opening a pathway, a doorway,
a channel for them to enter,
to descend, to traverse,
to sojourn here with us.
 
You create a thin space,
for ancestors, for others,
to smile, to bloom, to blossom,
to cross over, to linger, to dwell,
so that they might grace us for a moment,
but that moment ends far too soon…
 
--------------------
Posted January 9, 2025
Edited December 26, 2024
You create a thin space – v3
edited January 18, 2024
You create a thin space – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-create-thin-space-v2.html
Edited January 14, 2024
You create a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-create-thin-space.html
edited April 28, 2021
you created a thin space – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space-v3.html
edited April 27, 2021
you created a thin space - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space-v2.html
edited April 27, 2021
you created a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space.html  
April 27, 2021
you made a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-made-thin-space.html
&
Edited January 14, 2024
Between waking and sleeping – v2 – video added
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t7oxT1PyhmM
Edited January 5, 2024
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/between-waking-and-sleeping-v2.html
&
January 5, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4713899988690861/
&
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleeping
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleeping.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep-v2.html
January 4, 2022
Between waking and sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep.html
inspired by comments by Delilah on her show 1/4/2022
edited January 4, 2022
God spared my life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life-v2.html
edited/new January 3, 2022
God spared my life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life.html
January 3, 2022
God kept me alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-kept-me-alive.html
near fatal accident on New Year’s Eve
driving 60 mph on Route 16 in
St. Augustine, FL, with only
1 of 5 lug nuts on passenger front tire
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, God, Spirit, loved ones, heaven, waking, sleep, eternity, dreams, time, prayer, poem, spiritual, physical, earth, spirits, angels, mortals, humans,
 
#poetry #God #angels #dreams

You create a thin space – v4

You create a thin space, eternal,
thinner than parchment, gossamer,
brushing at the edge of heaven,
a murmur, a prayer, a whisper,
coming as close as breath,
to the infinite, to our imagination,
our walk, our living, our seconds,
to our journey here on earth…
 
You conjure magic, emotion,
more than we can imagine,
making a way through eternity,
the infinite where You dwell,
opening a pathway, a doorway,
a channel for them to enter,
to descend, to traverse,
to sojourn here with us…
 
You create a thin space,
a connection piercing the veil,
for the departed, our loved ones,
for our ancestors, for others,
to smile, to bloom, to blossom,
to cross over, to linger, to dwell,
so that they might grace us a moment,
but that moment ends far too soon…
 
--------------------
Edited December 27, 2024
You create a thin space – v4
 
(editing version 2)
Edited January 21, 2024
The mortal and the eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-mortal-and-eternal-v2.html
Edited January 14, 2024
You create a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-create-thin-space.html
edited April 28, 2021
you created a thin space – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space-v3.html
April 27, 2021
you made a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-made-thin-space.html
&
Edited January 14, 2024
Between waking and sleeping – v2 – video added
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t7oxT1PyhmM
Edited January 5, 2024
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/between-waking-and-sleeping-v2.html
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, God, Spirit, loved ones, heaven, waking, sleep, eternity, dreams, time, prayer, poem, spiritual, physical, earth, spirits, angels, mortals, humans,
 
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