Hidden in Plain Sight

 

 

“Hidden in plain sight”

I am sure you have heard this phrase,

No doubt you have experienced it too

And it left you in a daze.

 

How could you not have seen it?

It was there in plain sight,

And what was even more amazing

There was no lack of the light.

 

It’s been my experience here of late;

I know you would call it old age,

That I have been looking for something

And couldn’t find it at that stage.

 

Sometimes I would forget about it

And occupy the time otherwise

After which, it would suddenly turn up

As though it had been disguised.

 

No, there wasn’t any disguise,

It was hidden in plain sight,

And I may have looked right where it was

But it did not come to light.

 

 

It is like an optical illusion

I am sure you have experienced this,

Although, it was right before your sight

For some reason you still missed.

 

Camouflaged maybe, or the colour

Or maybe, a trick of the light,

I have been there on many occasions

It was hidden in plain sight.

 

Sometimes you have a laugh

After experiencing this phenomenon,

But if there is a serious consequence

Then that becomes a problem.

  

Like true satisfaction in life

Like that which the world searches after,

Which when one truly finds it

Brings them joy and laughter.

 

Joy in the midst of life’s storms

And laughter not as in merriment,

But laughter that resonates within

When we truly and genuinely repent.

 

Satisfaction that’s hidden in plain sight,

But obstructed by our impaired vision,

As we look in all the wrong places;

Sometimes we even search religion.

 

Reminds me of a song I used to hear,

“He was there all the time”,

And even now Jesus waits patiently

But to other things we are inclined.

 

O yes!  He is hidden in plain sight

And he calls, “My child won’t you come?”

But your attention is somewhere else

And your very hope you shun.

 

Stewart Russell © June 2020