I Know What You Hide Poem by Vanessa Alvarez

I Know What You Hide

I choose to play stupid, a mask on my face,
but trust me, I'm moving at everyone's pace.
You think I'm not watching, you think I don't see,
but every small secret comes running to me.

You whisper in corners, you smirk and you scheme,
but I walk through the silence, I live in the dream.
I gather the fragments, the words left unsaid,
I stitch them together, the paths that you tread.

You laugh at my cover, dismiss what I show,
but I'm sharper than daggers in shadows you throw.
I smile at the surface, pretend I'm behind,
yet I know every thought you tried to confine.

I'm patient, I'm quiet, I play out the role,
but knowledge runs deeper, it's carved in my soul.
You think I'm a fool, but the truth is my art,
I carry your secrets like flames in the dark.

So keep up your stories, your tricks and disguise,
I see through the mask and the glint in your eyes.
For I know everything, nothing can hide,
from the mind that you doubted, the truth at my side.