HIDE AND SEEK
By R.Duncan Heinly

It’s hide and seek with higher stakes at the house just two doors down.
The ten year old tormented child trying not to be found
Sworn to keep the secret and feeling all the blame
Taking responsibility for what’s more than just a game

For three years it’s been going on and he hasn’t told a soul
Angrily he suspects that his mother surely knows
It tears him up to think that he, by telling someone outside
Could tear apart the family. So once again he hides.

Strange behavior seen at school raises up red flags
The teacher calls a conference with the mom and dad
Explanations sweep the truth away with outright lies
Any hope of his salvation fades away and dies

Who will save this troubled child? What, Lord, can we do?
How can we be certain we have ascertained the truth?
I pray, Lord, for the children all across the land
Taking responsibility for what they don’t understand

Years have passed, the child is grown, the damage has been done
Living with anxiety, lost and all alone.
Floods of mixed emotions torment him every day
Praying to an unknown God to take it all away

Who can save this troubled man? Lord it can only be You.
Reveal Your love and mercy and bring freedom by Your Truth
I pray for grown up children all across this land
Caught in sinful cycles that they just don’t understand