My eyes want to shut but I cannot sleep
As my dearest little one is playing hide and seek
All around our house I sneak and creep
I call for my deary, promising I didn’t peek
You’re not in the closets or under the beds
Not in any room as I keep looking, so weary
I go through all the bedspreads
But still can’t find her so I call out, “Ok, you win my sweet deary.”
No response as my voice echoes through the hall
I am considering waking my wife to ask her for help; I’m just so damn tired
Argh, GOD DAMN IT! I step on a Lego and nearly fall
It’s so late and my little one is overtired and wired
I remember when she was a baby, so quick to learn to walk
Always too smart and the most precious thing to me
Not even a year old and she learned to talk
I cherish every moment and always dwell on each memory
Oh, how I love her and my wife, they’re both my entire world
I’d hold them each in a loving embrace for all time if I could
I tear out linens from the closet carelessly as they unfurled
So very early in the morning, we all need to sleep, we really should
I call her again, “Deary let’s stop for the night and go to sleep.”
I go into my room to wake up my wife
Entering quietly to not startle her, I slowly creep
But the bed is empty and the pillows untouched, where is the love of my life?
They’re playing together to make me search harder
I grab a flashlight and check in the yard, thinking they’re behind the big oak tree
The light breaks the dark and behind the tree is nothing; I laugh at them being smarter
Glancing at my phone and it’s so early in the morning, it’s nearly three
Going back inside, I take a seat to rest and think; it’s time for the game to cease
A sudden memory, I recall the sound of… of metal screaming
Of tires… of tires squealing… a… a shattering of peace
Just outside my wife and deary in a ruined car, no! I’m just dreaming
Tears fill my eyes and I shake my head to try to clear my mind
Oh! I remember now what I was doing, my deary’s favorite game, hide and seek
Restarting my seeking, I tell myself this time, my love, it’s you I will find
I yell to her again, “Sweet flower of mine, you can’t hide forever, I promise I didn’t peek.”
I’ve been playing the game every day and night now for two entire weeks
I’m tired and ready for bed but until I find her I know I can’t sleep
When I find her I’ll give her a big loving kiss on her rosy cheeks
I just love her and my wife with all my heart so deep
Now and forever I will play your favorite game
Of Hide and Seek
