Secrets

Something lies deep inside
A secret you want to keep 
You toss and turn late at night 
It wakes you while you sleep
You try to hide whats locked inside
And make it go away
But beneath the skin you locked it in 
The secret kept at bay
You held it in, but it's out again
To terrorize your dreams
You thought you held it deep inside 
But it's broken out it seems
Without a care you stand and stare
The thoughts rip through your head
With all the things that fill your mind 
And secrets left unsaid
So roll the dice and pay the price
The secrets take thier toll
There is nothing left that you can do 
And no one to save your soul

Steve D Crabtree
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Breidenthal Avatar
January 14, 2016 at 6:26 AM
Mysterious and epic!
Moreno Avatar
May 23, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Steve, congrats on your feature...Raul
Suzadail Jr. Avatar
May 23, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Congrats Steven on "Secrets" being featured. Vince
Fraser Avatar
May 23, 2009 at 8:27 AM
What an excellent piece of work Steve, its heading to my favs, and well done on it being featured - so deserved, James
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May 22, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Wow! Steve, your poem is power packed. Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. Keep writing. Love and Hugs, Dane
Mason Avatar
May 21, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Great write here, Steve and good advice! We have a saying in AA: "You're only as sick as your secrets". Awesome writing and a well-deserved selection to be a feature this week at the Soup. Congratulations!
Shango Avatar
May 21, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Steve ... there is always a pandora to open the box ... there is always a poet to confront reality with only knife of words ... and I am only here to congratulate you, master poet, on your being featured this week.
Caldwell Avatar
May 20, 2009 at 5:26 PM
I quite like this poem........its very true as well
Adeite Avatar
May 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM
We can’t do but keep some secrets… this piece is awesome… I love the great rhymes and alliteration. Your pen is great. Please keep writing… Correct the following spellings ‘through’ line 14 and ‘their’ line 18 Congrats on a well deserved feature. . ‘Leke
Winter Avatar
May 18, 2009 at 6:21 AM
Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week! Love, Shar
Peranteau Avatar
May 18, 2009 at 5:33 AM
Steve,..awesome,..just awesome,..I love this poem ! Congrats on its feature this week ! james
Tugaff Avatar
May 18, 2009 at 12:36 AM
I enjoyed reading it. Congratulations on your featured poem. Ernilando
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May 17, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Sad situation. The emotion comes through your words. Congratulations on having your poem featured. Keep on writing! Karen
Gorelick Avatar
May 5, 2009 at 7:46 PM
this has a very nice flow to it..good work. BG
Paradis Avatar
May 5, 2009 at 4:39 PM
I have a Secrets poem....and i understand what is being said here....I hide all my secrets, and it never letsme rest....then you gain other people's secrets, and they eat you up....You need to release you secrets before you contain in others.....so it's okay to trust someone to tell them to.
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