i've always wanted super powers.

x-ray vision. the ability to fly.

super strength.

they're all pretty cool.

they're all pretty dream-worthy.

you can stand on the edge of the world and shout.

or you can search the deepest, darkest corner of silence.

you can travel the world in hopes of finding one of them.

but you won't find them.

and this is because they're not easily found or bought.

you can't always ask, but when you do, be sure you're certain.

because there is one type of power that you can ask for.

how many people do you talk to throughout the day?

and how many of those people would you say have super powers?

these questions are obviously rhetorical, but at least you're thinking.

some of those people are going to act as if they do in fact have super powers.

but all of those people in fact do have one super power.

only one.

of which they don't know.

they might think they can see everything. figure anything out.

x-ray vision.

they might be avid runners whose rush comes from feeling fast and free.

the ability to fly.

they might even be able to carry incredible weight on their backs their shoulders their minds.

super strength.

but when these people think about all the super powers they'd like to have,

or the ones they think they have - they're forgetting about the power they don't know about.

the times they couldn't see everything; figure anything out. and the times they were trapped and hindered from being free and feeling fast. and the times that they just couldn't stand the burdens any longer.

it's the super power that can be given and taken away just as easily.

it's the super power that is more powerful than anybody thinks about.

because its powerful, but its not a power at all.

it's invisibility.

and we can give it to each other whenever we want.