I Shouldn't Be Here

But I am,

in the gap between 

the back of the couch

and the wall.

This is my secret place.

Now I mustn't move.

There are voices

and I know whose.

They are saying

grown-up things. 

I don’t understand, but I know 

I’m not supposed to hear.

I’m listening

with wide-open ears

and keeping 

very quiet.

Poetic Asides November Poem A Day Chapbook Challenge: day 23, 'I shouldn't be here'.