Friday, October 22, 2021

Fragments and Secrets

 


                                            --- Where's Waldo? (& why waldo?)


A treasure box
of gold coins
is it special 
for refuging the radiance?
or rather pitiable 
for suffering the lifelong sentence 
of guarding these shimmers? 

Hide and seek 
is it for the hiders or the seekers? 
isn't game over already
just as the countdown begins? 
if I am seeking to be found
why did I hide in the first place? 
Maybe there is a renewed me 
upon being found by the other... 

Do we secretly believe  
that by seeking out 
our reclusive parts
we would be able to mend 
our own brokenness...

Speaking of treasure and hiding 
what purpose does this bias serve 
to shield one thing  
with sanctity and diligence 
and cast the rest as mundane 
Isn't it only truly hidden, 
if it is unknown to the self?