Cloak and Dagger

Sadness has overcome me,
fear too.
For all that I know,
I can't tell you.

Secrets abound
and I'm underground.
Cloak and dagger,
faces and facades,
diamonds and pearls,
more than I wished for when I was a girl.

Freedom comes like a windy day
and I miss it when it blows away.
I snatch the light
as it passes by,
looking for happiness
in the gleam of an eye.  


By:  Carole O'Terry Duet
Copyright: 2002
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Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 1/27/2017 9:21:00 PM
I can't identify specifically what in me your poem touched, but touch me, it did. I have felt this way. I love how it is written and the feel in it very much, Carole. This is a read that will stay with me in a most emotional way. All the best ... CayCay
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Carole Duet
Date: 1/27/2017 9:42:00 PM
Thank you, CayCay. I'm so glad you were "feeling it". When I first wrote this poem for poetry.com it was banned because of the word, "dagger". Can you believe it? lol Anyway, thanks again for your comments. Carole
Date: 1/27/2017 9:09:00 PM
It may be sad, but I love it! Great title too!
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Carole Duet
Date: 1/27/2017 9:36:00 PM
Thank you, Budgie. I'm glad you liked it. Carole
Date: 1/27/2017 6:01:00 PM
You can tell me:) Sorry you're sad Carole:(
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Carole Duet
Date: 1/27/2017 7:19:00 PM
Hi Daniel! :) I was sad when I wrote it but I'm better now. Thanks, DT. Carole
Date: 1/27/2017 4:32:00 PM
This feels lonely Carole. Here's hoping that you solve this cloak and dagger mystery and find it has a happy ending.
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Carole Duet
Date: 1/27/2017 7:18:00 PM
Well, I was lonely, Chris, but the mystery was all just imagination. lol Thanks, Chris. Carole
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