Nowhere to Hide...

Hide n Seek

In childhood I loved being still.

Realising early that being silent 

had advantages. More lately

wishing that I had not learned that.

In my twilight twenties

sardines was fun,

quiet still,

but a more...social version of hiding!

Grin.

Watching my own children play,

at first noisy and surprised to be found,

then silent and still

stealthy and refusing to disclose the 

perfect hiding spot.

Adult self

hiding behind

the masks

and tasks

we choose

and accept.

At work, observing

clever children forgetting that

they are hiding from the adults

around

and disarmed, not alarmed,

to be suddenly found and spoken to

with directness,

suddenly

nowhere 

to hide.

Always new things we all should learn.

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