A Secret Passion
A secret passion;
A peculiar indulgence
She kept from everyone
Except her conscience!
And for so many years
A weight on her shoulder
She fret and shed tears
As her world gets even colder
An all-consuming obsession
Though it could never ever be
In her mind, a compulsion
Sadly, she’d never be free
No one will understand
Those who love her, more so!
The life she has planned
No one will ever know!
But soon enough, at life’s end
At her grave, a secret will be
In a letter she penn’d
For all her loved ones to see
© F Aparici 10/04/2016
Ask me not what her obsession is. For I know not rightly so. But wouldn't it be a sad life all around if you have a secret you cannot share with anyone, much less with the people you love and who loves you?
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Robert L. Martin
8yIit is very hard to live with a deep secret. I have some that no one will ever know. That was a very good poem, Francis, very down to earth.
Nelson D Reyes
8y"Impatient to be free..." seems to be the nature of secrets, of course all depends on the persons holding them. This poem reminds me of the song "Secret Love". Precisely what we are doing in this venue, "...now I shout it from the highest hill, even told a golden daffodil...".A few of our secrets the daffodils have heard and the bees pollinated! :-)) Like, Brod.
Francis Aparici
8yThank you Brod. I'm a blabbermouth, but even so I keep some embarrassing secrets to myself. LOL
Charlotte B. Williams
8yI like poems that tell a story , very interesting.
Francis Aparici
8yThank you
J Ann Crowder
8yI really loved this one. It flows nicely, has a good message. Thank you!
Francis Aparici
8yThanks Jenifer. Glad to see you're back.
J Ann Crowder
8y@Francis: I'm going to try to get back to what I love, writing. My family just experienced two tragedies in the last few months and I just haven't been writing as much. That's why I have been more absent than normal for me. Glad to be back too!
Francis Aparici
8y@Jenifer: Sorry to hear that. Hope things will be better from henceforth