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