A Secret Everyone Knows

A Secret Everyone Knows I care for her approval as much as for her love, For her affections I would take rocks from the creek and turn them into diamonds, For her devotion I would catch shooting stars in a net above, For her truth I would sail a raft to Finland...in winter and, To see her smile I would just be me. To keep her dry I would build her a house in the Philippines beneath a fluffy palm, And for her head a pillow made of Mulberry silk, To keep her safe I would read the 121 Psalm, And in the morning Kopi Luwak with a dash of milk, On her dainty finger I’d place a red diamond that glittered like heaven, On her neck Golden delicious scent from a jar worth one breath of her life, And to hold her hand anything I would have given, Her rejection cut through me like a dull knife, And on nights I dream I still dream of her, Alone in the darkness when the crickets chirp, Why this world is so beautiful yet cruel I’ll never be sure, A secret everyone knows, how deeply one can love and how vast one can hurt.