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Hide and Seek

Sometimes I find love,

where love is not wanting to be found -

How beautiful it is to find treasure in you,

Where you find only dirt.

 

Exquisite sadness.

A tragedy that only my heart knows how to break for,

Over and over

A swell of boom or bust.

 

Where X marks the spot,

But x means stop,

Means unknown

Means incorrect

Means keep out.

 

I wonder if anyone will find the love in me,

If I stop giving out free maps.

"The stars live here"

 

Maybe if I just wrote "home"

Underneath my skin

I would be more easy to find

When you touch me,

Before you leave.

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Written by
rachael-stainthorpe
English
Published
Oct 3, 2016
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