#10 abscond

abscond - to run away secretly, especially from an institution to avoid persecution or punishment

- from Latin C16 abscondere - to hide away

One thinks of the plight of refugees and individuals who live in fear, who have no liberties.

Silently slipping slowly to the unknown.
Knowingly thrown away what was my home.
As these eyes age away from innocence,
and further pull towards mindlessness...
~from poem 'Abscond' by Cesar Capistrano

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