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Dark Secret

Hidden I keep it...tied to my heart... Under a layer of smiles...under a layer of joy... Reeking of happy...it is safe...for now... But...for how long will it be covered? For when it escapes, it will be as a ravenous Lion seeking to devour... Many a full day has gone by that I not let my thoughts wander to it... Consoled in my busy life... Letting my mind jump to and fro... Maybe then...I won't dwell on it...but it comes back... In a whirlwind of leaves it tosses me...chance after chance... To redeem myself... Instead I pile more lovely layers to the top... How high can it go? Without toppling over?

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/12/2016 10:37:00 AM

ooooo, I like this Meg, much to wonder on... Love LINDA

Arthur Vaso

Date: 12/9/2015 10:55:00 AM

Loved this write, great Poem Meg

Agona Apell

Date: 12/5/2015 9:09:00 AM

"...Instead I pile more lovely layers to the top... How high can it go? Without toppling over?" This made me smile knowingly. You eloquently capture the dilemma of one who must choose between baring their secret or further adding to the precarious construction by which they conceal it. Lovely piece!

Meg Anderson
Date: 12/7/2015 7:22:00 AM

Thank you Agona! Its a hard place to be .

David Meade

Date: 11/30/2015 9:02:00 AM

Some of our most terrible secrets try to devour our souls - sleepless nights, tasteless food . . . but always remember you are loved deeply and completely -- defeating fear.

Meg Anderson
Date: 11/30/2015 9:43:00 AM

Yes so true David, Thank you. Sometimes the unseen and becomes seen.

Skat A

Date: 11/28/2015 4:11:00 PM

deep write. SKAT

Meg Anderson
Date: 11/30/2015 7:33:00 AM

Skat, thank you.