~Secrets~

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Can I tell you something? 

Can I tell you a secret? 

Of course, you say, Of course 

But of course I can't 

Of course I was foolish for thinking you would understand 

How could you understand? 

Because here you are, 

Acting like nothing has changed, 

But everything has! 

And what you said, what you did-

No.

Just no. 

This secret, you could never understand. 

So I won't tell. 

I won't tell you how I felt. 

I won't tell you what I did. 

Or what I didn't do. 

I won't say a word 

Because I'm too scared 

You'll call me crazy 

Or worse, 

You won't care enough to listen 

You'll just sit there, 

In the same place

You've always been 


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