HIDE N SEEK


5,6,7
Warmth covers my eyes
Darkness everywhere
My hands held close
I hear the pounding of
Running feet all around

13,14,15
My heart beating
The rustle of bushes
In the distance
My ears picking my prey
Someone I a tree

31,32,33
A car driving passed
Some one changing places
I can skip some numbers
No that would be cheating
They might see me peek

67,68,69
A sneeze over to my left
I'll go there first
It takes so long to count
The metal locker is cold
I'm tired of leaning against it

92,93,94
Another didn't like their spot
Running again and so close
Shifting now
From foot to foot
Time is so slow

Ready or not here I come
The sun set an hour ago
I look in to the bushes
Walk slowly over
Then jump
I gotcha

Empty where to now
Not a sound
I know they are out there
The moon is not out
And the lights of the old
School aren't working

I walk slowly
Always watchful
They will move
Make a mistake
I wish I had the eyes
Of a cat then I would catch them

What was that
A figure in the dark
Running
I have to get them
Fast
Oh no I hear loud in my ears

Safe
That's one
I stop and look into the stillness
No one moving
A cough
From behind the fence

I creep over very quiet
I feel a pebble beneath my foot
Each step gentle now
Softly upon my victim
There I see you
He runs but too late

You're it


Michael V Hechtman