Hide and Seek with Heart and Soul

My soul is confused;
Someone started a game
And now it doesn’t know whether
To hide
Or seek.
It’s not even a game as such;
But my heart just crossed its arms
Over its eyes and started
Counting
One, two…
My soul knows
It should join in
Counting
Three, four...
But it wants to hide
To run away
To never be found
Chased by that sound
Counting
Five, six…
There is nowhere deep enough
No shadow dark enough
No crevice that’ll be overlooked
All is permeated with it;
Counting
Seven, eight…
We’re almost resigned
What’s the point if there’s
No hope of winning?
So I’ll hide in the only place I can
Nestled against your heart
Knowing mine will find us sooner or later
It’s almost finished
Counting
Nine, ten… 

Home again.