In Search of a Confidant

Of this principle, we should be CONVINCED.
If I said it to you in CONFIDENCE,
Would it lie in RESIDENCE, nevermore
to surface, even by ACCIDENT?

Would it never be exercised as EVIDENCE;
not even to come to one's DEFENCE?
Would it never ascend from the cave pits,
nor used in any way as VENGEANCE?

Let the uttered words confided in a trusted
one remain in CAPTIVITY, chained at the heart;
there to reside for ETERNITY, and only brought
into judgment by the ALMIGHTY God.

051223PSCtest. Brian Strand.
A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE no 1216
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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May 12, 2023 at 2:18 PM
Well, some people can't keep anything in confidence or a secret so one would need to be very careful of whom to share something that they would want kept under wraps. Sara
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