Paul D. WilkeSilly Little Secrets Though I'm older nowI still have a secret I want to singa little thingreallybut I don't darebecause everyone knowssecrets are like dreamsand no one caresabout your dreams (or mine!) and you knowand I know we all have secret songswe hide from fear the world will laugh(and it will!)and so from fearof that laughter we bury themdeepdeepdeepSODEEPin our secret selveswhere they fester and curdle and rotin the darkness untilthey finally pass(or so I'm told)and are gone foreverwith our illusions of youthuntil we're left cleansed and purged of silly little secretsand the songs they singor so I'm told. ----Falls ChurchMarch 2022
Though I'm older nowI still have a secret I want to singa little thingreallybut I don't darebecause everyone knowssecrets are like dreamsand no one caresabout your dreams (or mine!) and you knowand I know we all have secret songswe hide from fear the world will laugh(and it will!)and so from fearof that laughter we bury themdeepdeepdeepSODEEPin our secret selveswhere they fester and curdle and rotin the darkness untilthey finally pass(or so I'm told)and are gone foreverwith our illusions of youthuntil we're left cleansed and purged of silly little secretsand the songs they singor so I'm told. ----Falls ChurchMarch 2022