Our greatest pretenses are but not to hide the evil and ugly in us, but our EMPTINESS. The hardest thing to hide is something that is NOT there.

Eric Hoffer

Secrets

In vain the emptiness I try to hide
The sadness carried deep inside
Alas the pretense is not to be
One hides nothing others can't see

They know not the times I cried

Holding on to secrets past

Extending pain that seems to last
If only I could share this pain
So hopefulness can still remain
But one cannot see a shadow not cast

Sharing the secrets held within
Accepting forgiveness for times of sin
Had I known that if I'd shown it
My loved ones would not disown it
I'd not have suffered years for what had been

Marian
October 6, 2009