Naomi Shihab Nye's 'Hidden': A Poignant Reflection on Love and Loss 🌿

If you place a fern <br />under a stone <br />the next day it will be <br />nearly invisible <br />as if the stone has <br />swallowed it. <br /> <br />If you tuck the name of a loved one <br />under your tongue too long <br />without speaking it <br />it becomes blood <br />sigh <br />the little sucked-in breath of air <br />hiding everywhere <br />beneath your words. <br /> <br />No one sees <br />the fuel that feeds you. <br /> <br /> <br />Submitted by R. Joyce Heon<br /><br />Naomi Shihab Nye<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hidden/