Secrets

A secret walks 
the tightrope 
of trust 
high above 
the valley 
of silence 

Leaving 
the embrace 
of soul's soil 
it teeters 
grows stronger 
with each step 
across the chasm 

Warm gusts 
of steamy 
temptations 
rock a balance 
painstakingly 
acquired 
from years 
of walking 
a fine line 
between 
too much telling 
and not enough 

Will a secret 
stay hidden 
or spill its seeds 
burying 
a relationship 
under its 
dead weight

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