Secret Poem by Geetima Baruah Sarma

A secret remains a secret
Till it's kept a secret,
If once it's revealed
It doesn't remain sealed.
All depends upon self-restraint,
The power to retain and refrain,
Indomitable spirit - unyielding,
Sheer determination - untiring.
Aren't these secrets
Of keeping secrets?
If we try we can succeed,
A resolution to just proceed.

[Published: 8 October 2011 in 'feelings' column of 'Horizon', the Saturday supplement of 'The Assam Tribune']