forgotten poem from my notes app

on avoidance

By Gabriel HuizengaPublished 2 months ago • 1 min read

I have begun to notice that

I look just to the side of

the center of

another person's eyes, when we are speaking.

in not quite meeting their gaze,

I think I think

I shield myself from the possibility

of being seen.

like a child playing peek-a-boo,

I think I think

if I can't seem them, they can't see me

like an elephant

hiding behind a tree

how silly to believe

I could conceal the whole of me

by refusing to look wholly

at my fellow travellers.

Twas for love of words that I first joined this site:

Poetry, especially, and dear short stories too;

For to live one's best is to read, and to write!

So find me in words here, and I'll find you 💙

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