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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
October Memoir and Backstory Challenge: Secrets #1
Secrets is the topic for the next three poems in the October Memoir and Backstory Challenge.
Weight
I once gathered secrets
in a box.
They were quiet in there,
inspite of all they had to say
they kept their own counsel.
To look at them
they looked the same
on the surface:
black ink on white paper.
When I read them
I wondered how the heavy ones
didn't sink to the bottom
under their own weight.
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5 comments:
This is so lovely. I like the almost-animation you give those silent secrets despite what they knew. Your last line is amazing.
Nice image, secrets being quiet and weighty. I like the line, "They kept their own counsel."
What a great way of looking at secrets.
I hope you opened that box at some point. Secrets when weighty have a way of growing.
I love the last stanza. It's amazing how some secrets feel so much heavier than others. I'd never thought about it this way. Thanks for sharing!
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