Hide and Seek

I manage to hold onto you long

enough to remain in the present

---with the who, where, why and I

argue and torture you once you've

been caught           I want it back, give it back to me

                                   no, look elsewhere

                               I can't only you possess it

and when you escape my grip I look

for you on the walls, in the sky,

beneath the books, behnd the girl;

wherever you may be hiding.

Yet you are right here with me,

inside of me, a part of me!

damn you and your loopholes,

lies, mazes, and illusions---

you put me face-to-face with my demons

just to see me shake with anger

at them, you, and me

why do you insist upon keeping me here,

in the Now, when you know I will

drift and chase you back?

No matter where I was last, I come

back with enough interest to catch up

to where I should be.

As for you traitor, in contrary to Morrison's

words, I will not learn to forget.