hide-and-seek

it is as though a catastrophic game of "hide-and-seek" is afoot. i have been running away from you like a naughty little girl wondering if her parents will really notice that she is gone. yet the game has gone on far longer than i had ever expected. it appears that somehow in hiding i actually became lost. i cannot seem to find my way back to you. though your voice is calling to me, is ever as familiar, i cannot find you where you are. thus i run, i tremble, and i hide again, for i know not what else to do. it is at the moment of complete displacement and fear when i am screaming out your name in the darkness that i light a match - only to discover that you are right beside me. but my flame flickers out and fear creeps in, haunting.
yes, this game of hiding is more dangerous than first it seemed, i guess i just couldn't take adam and eve at their word.