Eternities ahead,
but miles behind,
we collaborated together
to find places to hide.

We started out young,
hide and go seek.
Hiding, but laughing,
so young and naive.

Then we got older,
hiding from boys,
hiding the music our parents called noise.

Hiding from school,
hiding from grades,
hiding some of the friends that we made.

Then as we aged,
we hid from our thoughts,
we hid from our feelings,
and the darkness they brought.

Hiding our fears,
hiding our troubles,
behind all our smiles,
we hid all our stumbles.

But as the years passed,
we kept on trying.
We began to find acceptance
in the love we were denying.

We learned to be happy,
we learned to be wise.
We discovered ourselves,
and rekindled our light.

So as we push forward
we'll continue to fight,
to show all the others,
there's no need to hide.

-Caitlin Harvey