I will play hide-and-seek with you

if that’s the game you want to play.

I will cover my eyes and count while you

run run and imagine how to be invisible,

situate yourself so the

space envelopes

you fully

maybe by shadow maybe by sound,

your own breathing held so you can’t

feel your heart, as if that would work;

but I will uncover my eyes,

unwrap fingers from brow

and begin the first steps of

looking looking for what you

hope I will find again.

-jennifer j. camp