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Hide and seek
As kids we skipped around
Played police or played house
But the most fun was “hide and seek”
What they never said
Is that we will never stop playing
We did not even realize
That even our parents were playing
It’s fun,
It’s a really fun game to play
Because it’s intense
Up until that moment you’re caught,
You pray to be safe,
to not be found hiding in that cabin
where there is no light.
You swallow your spit,
Stand still,
Don’t make a sound
Hope they don’t hear you this time
Your heart pounding out your chest
When you hear those footsteps you hold your breathe
No one must hear you,
You will not be caught.
But we never think about that…..
What if we are never caught?
Will it still be intense?
Or do the people give up?
Will they stop looking for you?
While you are still hiding
Thinking someone will come for you…
But they don’t, do they?
You’re left alone,
Because you chose a hiding place
No one can enter
And no one can find
It’s a masterpiece
But it’s not on display
Because how will they understand
That you can’t step out
Out of that place,
Where everything is all clear
Where nothing is wrong
How will they understand me?
Have I done something wrong?
But see, that’s not fair
Because they can’t see
So they don’t know
The feel of 100% cotton pressed upon your face
Fingers puncturing that soft sponge
As you pray
“please don’t let this happen to me”
Your innocence is taken away
You don’t know
The pain it comes with
To hide away
To never be found….
And keep wondering
Will it ever go away?
Or will it fade with time?
Answers you will never find
Because even darkness refuses your friendship request this time.
It doesn’t matter
How many walls we built
What we do
Or how we do it
With whom we do it
All that matters is that we hide
We hide it all away
To never be found
So we play that game
We always played
To store away all the pain
Hide and seek!....
What a game…..
The game we still play
And as time passes we might say our prayers
Saying my brother I love you
My mother I love you
My father I love you
But you secretly hate them
Because they never sought you
Never heard your silent cries
Never heard your soundless yells
Never,….
So you kept hiding,
Hoping someone would seek you
Not knowing people have been singing…….
Come out, come out, wherever you are
Because life in here, could tear you apart
Played police or played house
But the most fun was “hide and seek”
What they never said
Is that we will never stop playing
We did not even realize
That even our parents were playing
It’s fun,
It’s a really fun game to play
Because it’s intense
Up until that moment you’re caught,
You pray to be safe,
to not be found hiding in that cabin
where there is no light.
You swallow your spit,
Stand still,
Don’t make a sound
Hope they don’t hear you this time
Your heart pounding out your chest
When you hear those footsteps you hold your breathe
No one must hear you,
You will not be caught.
But we never think about that…..
What if we are never caught?
Will it still be intense?
Or do the people give up?
Will they stop looking for you?
While you are still hiding
Thinking someone will come for you…
But they don’t, do they?
You’re left alone,
Because you chose a hiding place
No one can enter
And no one can find
It’s a masterpiece
But it’s not on display
Because how will they understand
That you can’t step out
Out of that place,
Where everything is all clear
Where nothing is wrong
How will they understand me?
Have I done something wrong?
But see, that’s not fair
Because they can’t see
So they don’t know
The feel of 100% cotton pressed upon your face
Fingers puncturing that soft sponge
As you pray
“please don’t let this happen to me”
Your innocence is taken away
You don’t know
The pain it comes with
To hide away
To never be found….
And keep wondering
Will it ever go away?
Or will it fade with time?
Answers you will never find
Because even darkness refuses your friendship request this time.
It doesn’t matter
How many walls we built
What we do
Or how we do it
With whom we do it
All that matters is that we hide
We hide it all away
To never be found
So we play that game
We always played
To store away all the pain
Hide and seek!....
What a game…..
The game we still play
And as time passes we might say our prayers
Saying my brother I love you
My mother I love you
My father I love you
But you secretly hate them
Because they never sought you
Never heard your silent cries
Never heard your soundless yells
Never,….
So you kept hiding,
Hoping someone would seek you
Not knowing people have been singing…….
Come out, come out, wherever you are
Because life in here, could tear you apart
Published 4th Jan 2015
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14th Nov 2015 5:50am
This really makes me think of how my mother was always so unhappy with her life but always hid it away from anyone she thought wasnt seeking to help her and how I was the only person that could hear her from her hiding place. But being a child, I couldnt track her voice to find her hiding place. Thank you for these powerful words.
31st Oct 2019 4:02am
