Until Tomorrow

Light filters down from the street,
Lonely golden rays peek through the grating.
Though I would love to
I cannot get too close.
For if I do, they will see.

That is something I cannot allow.
They are not ready for me.
Not ready for my family.
Someday they will be.
But that day is not today.

Maybe tomorrow we will not have to hide,
Down here in the dark tunnels below.
I dream of tomorrow.
For now that is all it can be,
A dream, evanescent hope.

The sun is out today.
I watch it dance through the holes above me,
Yet, I remain here in the dark,
Banished to this realm below,
Simply for being what I am.

They are not ready today,
But people change, and someday they will be.
When that day comes we will take a place in the sun.
Until then, we are ninja.
We stick to the shadows.