Secret

A poem about someone holding onto a secret

A connection I once felt is gone.

Shattered,

Broken,

Lost.

The words threaten to spill from me.

Dangerous,

Venomous,

Predicted.

Yet I force myself to remain silent.

Hidden,

Restrained,

Sworn.

My feeble attempts to converse seem labored.

Tortured,

Clumsy,

Wrong.

I act as if silence will keep me safe.

Monsters

Hide

Inside.

What happened in the past, stays in the past.

I

Won't

Tell.

Yet the secret of what was done burns inside me.

You're

Still

Lying.

You don't have much time,

Before

I

Tell.