The Way The World Is Made Is That

The Way The World Is Made Is That

The way the world is made is that

Inside it has something to keep

The outside face which we look at

So as to hold back what is deep.

So that the world is like a screen

And hides whatever is behind,

That’s saying, Seek me to be seen—

My purpose is for you to find.

And if the world was not made so

But all was in an outward way

Then everything would be on show

And we’d be jaded by display.

So hide and seek has been the game

Of what in fact the world’s about,

Since out from hiding no one came

Unless somebody’d call them out.