CHILD'S PLAY
Hide and Go Seek, a child’s game. Hide while I count. Skip count by fives til you get to 200. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty…ninety-five, 100! Repeat Five, ten, fifteen, twenty…ninety-five, 200! Ready or not, here I come. But no one comes. You have followed the rules. You have hidden yourself. You have tried to make yourself invisible and hide your pain. Hide your disfunction. Hide your sadness. Hide your essence. You have no place in this world. Always unwanted. Always marginalized. Be good. Be quiet. Child seen but never heard. Always hiding. You learned it well. You always thought someone would come. Someone would come and listen to your pain. Someone would come to affirm that you are ok. In fact, you are amazing. There is no one like you. Yet, you wait, hidden long after the counting is done. No one comes. Mother May I? Another game. Mother, may I take three giant steps. Yes, you may take three giant steps. One, Two, T