...do you want to know a secret?

you looked into my eyes

said you read a secret there

i blinked and you were gone

secrets destroy more than one...

"Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret."

Jean de La Fontaine

Author's Note

Reviews

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

"I blinked and you were gone
secrets destroy more than one..."

Nice poem, Ms. F.
For me, it depends upon the secret to be shared. If it is about yourself, I'm going to listen because you just want to make your burden lighter. But if it is about someone's story, I will be gone in a blink of your eye because it is gossip. Lol :)

[Frieda P]

Different kind of secret yes, and gossip can be just as damaging at times, thanks for your thoughts here dhaye... :-)

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

You're welcome :)

[InsanityWriter]

Nicely done, as always. (;

[Dream Weaver]

Nice song choice as always...Okay lemme see here...
Secrets, there are some that should always be kept
but not this one ;)

[Simphonia Hale]

very true. :'( I just love it just the way it is, very powerful!

[Frieda P]

Thanks Simphonia, I suppose you know this one full well :(

[Simphonia Hale]

ahuh :'(

[Frieda P]

That sucks, sorry. :(

[Simphonia Hale]

no, it's okay. It reminded me that now, I've known better. Thanks for this. :')

[Michael G.]

Some handle secrets better than others.
I was once given a tour around a friends home, and she opened a door to a totally black room. Everything was in black. She stood at the door and just smiled.
Funny, she may have had a black room, but she had a heart of pure gold. Interesting contrast, I thought.

[Frieda P]

Wow what a clever idea...better than in the head, plant it in the room and visit at will, thanks Mike, going out for paint......................

[Michael G.]

She was a very dear friend, who candidly told me she adored our close bonds in more ways than one, she couldn't bring herself to share that room with me. She felt it would change too much the love and caring she found with me that she hadn't with any other. I could respect that from her... and did. She died a few years back.

[Onyia-Ali, Kingsley Chu..]

Short but witty. Nice poem.

[Frieda P]

Thanks Onyia-ota, glad you enjoyed this one.

[Tai Ryens]

I hadn't a sparkle of a secret in here, more of a mental illness along the lines of schizophrenia. Insanity always enticed me, and this all the more.
However, I see your intelligent style now that I've reread it. The first fight, beginning with an accusation; then soon enough time is lost and so is the lover. Secrets not only destroy yourself, but they destroy others as well. Reminds me faintly of.. The Memory Keeper's Daughter.

[Frieda P]

Very interesting review Tai, thanks so much for your insight.

[Blue Ivory]

And once again, I know what you're talking about. Either we're similar, or I have issues and think everything's about me :S Anyway great write and that picture's really cute. Sad, but cute.

[Frieda P]

Ha, I've noticed, that happens a lot, but I think I get it now! Thanks Siren.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Ohh! This one cut to the bone for personal reasons......love it!

[Frieda P]

Sounds like it hurt, thanks Neva!

[khalid]

others cant read the secrets our eyes are hiding unless we feel we like them to read such secrets..we allow only the people we love to read our eyes secrets..and it is not a secret that..you are the poetess..

[Frieda P]

So kind khalid, thanks, sometimes not even the people we love....

[Barbara Walker]

The search goes on until that person is found-the one who loves you enough to want to know your secrets, share them and not hold them against you. Intimacy of the soul.

[Frieda P]

That's one helluva search party too, thanks Barbara.