Hidden

She hid her fears

From the world out there

Shaped them into a smile; a grimace

No, she would not share




Her dreams, they ate her

For she did not dare show them

This world is cruel

And her poor soul was alone




As time, as it does, passed away

Her brisk, her life, it drained away

Her color faded, her eyes shaded

Her hair transformed, black to grey




Midnight eyes, now so painfully dim

Passionate lips, now so thin

Still so resolute she was

Tears full to the brim




Looks out of her window

A sparrow flashes past

Her eyes follow the tiny animal

Heart cries at its fate




The bird so small, so concealed

In this world so big for it

Full of predators that sniffed

It’s very existence; endanger it then




A door slams somewhere far off

An obstinate youth leaves his home; his refuge

Welcomes the obstacles of this world

Wanders off; so tiny in a place so big




Her heart throbs, her days are ending

Lips part, tries to say something

A last throb; hands jerk, clutch at the smooth wall

Slip down slowly, as if savoring the very feel of it




There she lies; her dress ruffles

Eyes close; open halfway

A sigh escapes “this world is a big place”

Her soul drifts off, forgetting its former body




Those who live, the wise, the bold

Say that hiding is for cowards

Making a place in this world so big

Is the art of success; which she never understood.