Hide and Seek

Where has she been all this time... The "Me" I never sought to find? Epiphany when least expected: All these years was quietly neglected Fashioned into sweet denial Kept in check all the while But she was there, a waif in the wings... Waiting for me to look beyond all of the things That I have collected and put on a shelf But really had nothing to do with myself Why did it take a lifetime to see The perfect Me I always wanted to be? ...for my Mom