...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 :)

[beautiful dreamer]

very good!

[Frieda P]

Thanks Jen.

[beautiful dreamer]

welcome!

[Junert]

That's true but I'm good at keeping secrets, mine or others. Weighs not on me basically because I don't care.

[Frieda P]

Not too many are capable of doing that, thanks Junert.

[Yellow Butterfly]

A delicate write Fp on a subject matter that is avoided because....... "people don't want to know"..... your so right. The picture you have posted here with this profound write says it all..... you just have to look at they way she bows her head she's suffering, wanting badly to talk to someone. if her problem was shared she wouldn't look so sad in the picture. There are lots of ways of dealing with such secrets... and it starts with listening. :o)

YB

Beautifully written Fp

[Frieda P]

Thanks YB< very insightful review, much appreciated.

[Yellow Butterfly]

Your welcome.... a problem shared.... they say.... is a problem halved...

:O)

[David Scott]

What is one person's resposability to anouther? If we listen, then are we bound to the soul that released their pain to us? I think sometimes the answere is yes and somethimes no. We do have the responsability to treat each person with dignity and to touch those who are hurting... Still, in this life, those interaction are often briefe and temporary even if honest and meaningful. It is this fear of obligation that causes many to do nothing and the expectation that when fear is overcome, the gift is never enough.
I like the write. I know where it comes from and where you were going with it. I went off track a bit... just my thoughts.
I loved the tight delivery of this powerful thought!

[Frieda P]

'Bound to the soul', that's putting a lot on the line when you put it that way, put when people avert their eyes to secrets to save their own tush or just can't be bothered or want to get involved, that's a whole different ball of wax....thanks David, your reviews always give me food for thought.

[David Scott]

Sorry to always pull a write apart... I did "feel" exactly what you are saying. I am very open myself and more often than not, people just have to judge or they pull back when I've shared so much of myself. We could examine the whys and what nots, but it doesn't change the feeling of it.
For me, I have to modify my expectations because I do not want to close myself off... Of course that means keeping your expectations fluid as well. ;)
I'm glad you are able to glean something from my ramblings...

[Jack...]

Beautiful. This touched me. Do you want to know a secret? I think you are a fantastic poetress. Just look at this work, it is so sad and feels so very real. I truly love the way you express yourself.

[Frieda P]

I like your secrets much better Jack, thanks so much my dear friend. x

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Wow, love this short but captivating poem. great write Frie. I remember a song match with this but can't recall it is an old song. :) my fathers fave.

[Frieda P]

Let me know when you think of it, thanks so much Marc. :-)

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

lol :) I think sugar lol hhahaha anyway love this!

[TLK]

No, I don't want to know any secrets if they destroy people.

[Frieda P]

Therein lies the problem....people don't want to know, thanks for reading.