Poetry: Secrets 92 Articles

by Carol Gioia

Melissa She came rushing into life too soon, resembling a tiny wounded bird. The doctors called her premature, I called her "my heart." Always fragile, on the edge, except for the brown saucer eyes, too old a...read more

by Annabel Savage

secrets when you tell someone a secret, that no one knows anything about, then you can be sure that person, has to let your secret out. I was told a secret that I promised not to leak, then I herd it from s...read more

by Shari Mead

Calling out through the generations The secrets of the past Hidden in trunks and boxes Never meant to be exposed Lurking in the corners of old houses Mysteries that are unexplained Even by carefully worded lies C...read more

by Christina Johnson

The Villagers Secret. The sun sets behind the mountain. The villagers head for home. Anyone caught among the streets, Will be the first to go. They haven't seen fireworks here, since many years ago. And the villa...read more

by Verity Markham

I must confess But can't address I want to regress Don't need this stress This secret I hold That I got told Leaves me feeling cold That I wish to unfold Could you hear Through silent tears This secret I fear...read more

by Chris Sura

Dark secrets. Hidden beneath the veil Lies dark secrets of sin. They do not grow, spawn or burst. They lurk in our fear and shame. They are just a whisper of thought At a moment doubt tickles our soul. Guilt gur...read more

by Colleen Prentice

All the mysteries of the universe are contained within. So much wisdom, No one to listen. My language no one speaks. No one can hear me even if I scream. I am alive, Yet I can not move. So much energy contained w...read more

by Brandi Morris

Forbidden A perplexing thought A secret fantasy Forbidden romance Need I say more? Forbidden fruit A perplexing concept Secrets longing to be told Need I say more? Secret dreams I only see. Forbidden desire...read more

by Mysterline Alabre

Secret As you said hello, the wind whispered goodbye. Do you know why? As you kissed me, my walls screamed, do you know why? Your eyes betrayed my own soul; it pierced my fleshed and found its way into my heart. ...read more

by Jocelyn Young

sometimes when no one is looking I pull my skeletons from their closet to count them sorting them like laundry careful not to mix my sins so that they don't become a red gravy of voodoo curses stewing in my kitchenread more

by Wayne K. Wilkins

1) Sealed away in darkness, no one can see or hear, The music fading into nothing, the life entailed by fear. Grace in beauty, my heart has sunk so deep, Fallen in to perfect bliss, yet this secret I must keep. We sit up...read more

by Mandy Moore

The wrought iron gate looms overhead We're finally being let in We've waited for this For so long It's like a member's only jacket But more exclusive Only the wealthy The socially unhealthy We starved ourselves...read more

by A. South

Secrets A secret is a whisper, Blowing in the breeze. Hoping to find someone, To amuse or please. It spreads around quickly, for everyone to hear. Drifting sweetly, slyly, Into the wrong ear.read more

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by Janette Dengo

The Secret, Old walnut tree gracefully stands Branches of elegance Successful life Admiring Her gracefulness Abundance At a glance Wise soul held in her poise Gentle spirit Dancing of leaves Enchanting noi...read more

by Angel Liu

in the dark here in the dark there is the voice of your heart, that speaks with no words i have heard it feels succulent. plump with water, a flower. It speaks in showers. here in the dark a car zooms ...read more

by Heidi Marie Fleetfoot

Don't let the breeze tell our secret. Keep the passage between us and them. Muffle and mask, is all that I ask, as sorrow from knowing would stem friendship flowing and where would we be there and then. I beg you,...read more

by Goh Koon Hui

"To Hide a Jew" In the black landscape, In the swastika air, My Aryan eyes betray no one and nobody. Normalcy, How it fodders the growing lunacy The creeping Anxiety. The fear Of being found out. Of annihilation The pr...read more

by Rhonda Hill

THE SECRET A touch, as light as a feather. Finger tips caress the skin. Suspension of time when together A desire on the edge of a sin A kiss, so sweet on the lips. A pull at the core of a soul A pleasure in ...read more

by Richard Serra

I know something you should know about, But I'll save it for a rainy day. Cause I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, You wouldn't believe a word that I say. Love of life is what it's all about, But you'd rather deny it'...read more

by Candace Nola

Dark shadows invade my light. Nightmarish thoughts control my night. Paralyzed with fear, unable to fight, Still, I lay, wishing to vanish with all my might. Skeletons lay on my closet floor. Here lies my innocence,...read more