hide and seek

if only i knew how to stop hiding

i think i play

a confusing game

of hide and seek

 

i want you to see me

so i take a step forward

i bare my soul

i offer you my secrets

 

then i don't want you to;

i hide behind my words

i put up my defenses

i ready my armor,

 

in me becomes a labyrinth

of convoluted words

and hidden meanings

 

in me is a castle so vast

that the meanings get lost

in its empty halls

where i pray to distract you

with the extravagant décor

 

still, i want you to find me

i run around

these mazes i built

for myself, seeking

the things

the meanings

i lost long ago

 

i try to undo the labyrinth

i try to shrink the castle

i run and run and run

 

until i find you

and i build them back up again

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

we truly are complex creatures that make even the most simplest emotion of love abstract and enigmatic. We are mazes and houses of many rooms unto ourselves. We allow those that we love to only see so much of our true selves and yet is more than we share with the rest of the world. This was a very good and brutally honest poem. Thank you for sharing your art with us.

[zeronineight]

That's very nice of you to say! I love how you picked up on that metaphor. Isn't the mere act of sharing both beautiful and daunting at the same time?

Thank you for reading!

[no tell writer]

still, i want you to find me
i run around
these mazes i built
for myself,

Sounds like part of my life, This is really good

[zeronineight]

Thank you so much!