Everyone in the world

Loves to hide

From emotions

Problems

Both big and small

Even for fun

Each of us has

A security blanket of sorts

Yours might be cozy in your bed

Or wrapped in the arms of a loved one

Perhaps even going far, far away

Or getting high

Mystery is my hiding place

I hide behind the veil of shadow

The mist of purpose

My feelings untraceable

to the human touch

To show me

Is to give something away

that I can't bare to do

I seek refuge within my own

energy field

shrinking from ordinary people

because to bring those walls down

means someone's trying to get in

Whether to hurt me or not

I do not know

Mystery is my hiding place

it gives me my unique dimension

above the average mortal soul

It guides me above the pain

beyond the uncertainty

toward a future of questions

As I close my eyes

and face the unknown

yet again

I wonder if my hiding place

is really a safe haven

or is it in fact

a hindrance.

For I've walked in the valley

hand in hand

hidden behind that mystic veil

It has brought me some measure of peace

That I cannot find within a human

Or at least

haven't found yet

I cover my face up in an enigmatic fog

day to day

week after week

year in year out

I show only as much as I dare

no one has touched inside everything

for...

Mystery is my hiding place

As I close the curtains to the world

For yet another night

My soul flies to a place where

all will be good in the world

and easy....

For ever and for always

surrounded by the shroud of

Mystery