Bernadette Langer Poet Free verse

I Can Keep a Secret

I can keep a secret, for my lips are sealed shut 
plastered together with the force of your fists 
my expressive eyes will tell no such tale
hidden behind their grotesquely swollen sockets
hands will beseech no help, for they are bound tightly
family and friends will remain in absolute darkness 
no light will shine from within me to alleviate their worry
the phone has stopped ringing, for my tongue was always tied 

I am complicit in this web of silky painful lies
your damn secret has become my ongoing nightmare 
when did I agree to keep this evil buried within 
my silent acquiesce, broken only by the sound of my screams 
yes, I can and will keep this secret until I die 
for the way out is locked and the key well hidden
all that I was inside, has already died a lonely death  
what remains is my empty shell, filled with secrets and pain

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