Can You Keep a Secret?

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Can You Keep a Secret?

Written by: Maranda Russell

Can you keep a secret?

Will you hold it close,

so close that it vibrates

against your own heartbeat?

Will you bite your tongue,

your teeth slicing through

your taste buds,

leaving rows of bloody beads?

Will you lock pinkies

like we are kids once again,

with the monstrous shadows

chasing us back to adulthood?

Can you keep a secret?

I know you can, and I know you will

because the secrets you keep

loom even larger than mine.