Skeleton In the Closet

Skeleton in the closet
Hiding between her baggy clothes
Grappling in the shadows
For one who thinks she knows
What doesn’t haunt her feeds her
Hunger for darker truths
And deeper holes through which
She escapes when the door opens
And her secrets are exposed
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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