As a pastor, I've spent much time in confidential conversations. I'm hoping this title will mislead you a little.

My wife and I have talked a lot
in our long life together
when you’ve been married all these years
you talk of more than the weather.

She’s heard me talk of family life
and of sports and politics too.
And sometimes we just talk about
Some silly things out of the blue.

Sometimes we have said some good things
that the other wanted to hear
and in my more thoughtless moments
I have said things that brought a tear.

But there are things I’ve never said
for as long as we have been wed
and I have to keep them secret
Until I am finally dead.

But these things I’d love to tell her
you might not think it makes much sense.
But they are things folks have told me
in the strictest of confidence.

I would love the share these stories
for some of them are very sweet
but they are thing I have promised
That I would never repeat

Confidences are so precious
to those who are called to serve.
Without it those who talk to us
just would never have the nerve.

These things I would love to tell her
are locked in the depths of my mind
memories I carry with me
as I keep them safely confined