Emotion-hider.

Ball-curling,
Danger-unfurling.
I protect myself fiercely,
hiding in clever corners,
a small shadow in the light.

Small-danger
Spiky-stranger.
I crawl slowly,
finding my decreasing family,
Brown, pink and ever frightened.

Milk-drinker,
Quick-thinker,
I curl into my hard cover,
crying,
hiding sadness and depression.

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I move like an ant,
just being me,
a useless hedgehog,
worried about being snatched away by the dark night.