Selectively Secret

Secrets for all their guise tremble in dark in shadows protection yet still feel the penumbras chill concealed away in their selective box never to pry open and tell the truth As by some adolescent fear there quaking in its boots should rebuke then utter death deal its condemnation and cloistered wishes meet with derision only to gnaw at doubt yes these things must stay hidden Lay open in love but stay in seclusion the secret souls of every human some yearning some agony of gratification hangs in the silence silently wishing Unburden me it whispers release me free me from these unknowable things but the disavowed stand so naked defenseless in the gloom and childish keys lock them away in their basement room Stay open in love without confession its better that way keep this darkness well out of sight its dangerous may empty of protection and the night may change the following day keep them yes keep them concealed forever in their stalwart prison never, no never to pries them open and never, not ever tell the truth Unburden me it whispers release me free me from these unknowable things give me such brave voice assign me courageous heart I would stand in the sunlight bare any misfortune kneel at the foot of the alter of trust and be known