hide and go seek

the children
in the street loving the light
of the long
summer day
cry out
as they play hide and go
seek.
you hear the count with eyes closed.
behind trees they scramble
behind cars
and into bushes.
laughing as they run.
folding themselves small
into hiding places.
so free.
so young.
so uncaught and found yet
by the real
world that awaits them.