Hide and Seek

Saturday Morning Writing Prompt

What was your favorite hiding place as a child? (Or the first one that comes to mind. Yes it’s okay to make something up.) Real or imagined, bring your hiding place to mind completely. What was the light like? Was it inside or outside or in between? Could you hear anything from this hiding place? What did it smell like? Did anyone else discover this hiding place? When you hid there, was it for a game or something more personal? Close your eyes.

Have you ever hidden anything as an adult? Or known someone else who seemed to be hiding something? Can you envision an emotional hiding place in the psyche? If this psychic space were to take on a physical atmosphere, would it seem to be an interior space or a space outside? What is the light like? Is this psychic hiding place noisy or silent? Does it feel cluttered or sparse? Is this hiding space discoverable?