The ones I keep

Clutching the notebook
Close to my side
Avert my eyes
Cover the page
These secrets want to burst
But I am too controlled
Clench it closer
Guarded
Scowl if someone tries to peep
Then he inquired:
If you never say, how will I know?
That is the point
The only secrets are the ones I get to keep

Reviews

[NANCY MCCORMACK]

these secrets we keep and writing to tell

[HeazerH]

So true. Any writer knows this feeling, I'm sure of it. Lol

[NANCY MCCORMACK]

I agree with Chris he is very smart and his comment is accurate :)

[HeazerH]

Yes, I liked his comment :)

[Chris]

some notebooks remain behind our eyes... and yet our fingertips tell so many tales...

[HeazerH]

Thanks for reading, and reviewing! I like that idea "some notebooks remain behind our eyes".

[Chris]

it's quite real...

[HeazerH]

I definitely agree. This poem at it's core is about general secrecy. I use the notebook as an example, but over all the poem can represent any secrets that we struggle to keep. I used a notebook because I was once very secretive about anything I wrote. In hindsight though, This was a reflection of myself. I kept many secrets. Thank you for your insight.

[Chris]

most keep their secrets within their minds...but depending on the depth and severity they just can't keep them in. Using a personal code and writing under that - is a cleverness trick, believing it can't be broken is a sad one.

[HeazerH]

That is very interesting. I will keep that in mind.