Truth Be Told…

Secrets do not exist,

Specifically in the realm where we do persist,

All is known, family secrets, childhood secrets,

Preferences, references, off shore accounts,

Lies, lessons learned, then forgotten,

Who we have loved, whom we love now,

Past tricks, memories, thought to be only ours,

Yes, all this and more, known by each of us,

Through all of the time we have been alive, yes all the hours…

We are all essentially the same,

Except of course for the differences in our names,

Oh no, you cannot be right, you say of a truth I cannot claim,

But little do you know, yes and again, we are all the same…

We each have had our share of secrets told,

To our parents when we were not very old,

To our spouses when we did get enough courage, being bold,

To our friends, did they keep that secret, if not, we would have scold,

But did we keep the same, or was that secret we had sold?

We all speak of being secretive; never do we violate a confidence,

We all have, regarding same, self-assurance,

But in reality, nothing is secret; sooner or later it will be blurted out,

We may give our oath, but there are no oaths, not even as a scout…

                        © ed – 4/20/04