Unfound
I remember playing tag
with my daughters:
they never caught me then
and never would;
or that last game
of hide and seek,
when night fell
and they went to sleep
and woke the next day,
while I remained here
hiding: unfound
for years and years.
Robin Robertson is from the northeast coast of Scotland. His last book, Swithering (Harcourt), won the Forward Prize for Best Collection of 2006.