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We’re undercover operatives
in life’s hide and seek
clinging to the truth of who we are,
but fearing should we speak.
Having to justify our existence
should we stray from the line,
fearful that what other operatives see
is our truth inside.
We spend a lifetime drowning,
our heads fleeing the sun,
knowing that hiding our truth
will mean the lie has won.
©May 2015, August 2020
Christina Anne Hawthorne