Though I'm older now
I still have a secret
I want to sing
a little thing
really
but I don't dare
because everyone knows
secrets are like dreams
and no one cares
about your dreams
(or mine!)
and you know
and I know
we all have
secret songs
we hide
from fear
the world will laugh
(and it will!)
and so
from fear
of that laughter
we bury them
deep
deep
d
e
e
p
so
deep
in our secret selves
where they fester
and curdle
and rot
in the darkness
until
they finally pass
(or so I'm told)
and are gone forever
with our
illusions of youth
until
we're left
cleansed and purged
of silly little secrets
and
the songs
they sing
or so I'm told.
----
Falls Church
March 2022