Tell Me Your Secrets Poem by Bobbie Othigo

I conversed with the wall,
Asked him keep my secret well,
What I tell you in confidence,
Shall never seep into the openness.
The wall replied I should show trust,
To shame he can never have me thrust;
He has able ears to hear,
No tongue to reveal, show no fear;
His eyes are everywhere, the best pair,
Seeing into the blackness what transpires
‘twixt a pair,
No tongue to reveal, show no fear;
And though his heart’s made of brick,
‘tis noble and bears no ill,
He has naught to gain by pulling a trick;
Be still and whisper, trust and be still…
I then leaned toward the inanimate,
Inspired, poured out my most intimate.

Today I have hid my face,
The rumours around kill my name,
The one without a tongue
Poisons my honour by his fang!
Would this unfair earth tear apart?
Swallow me to its belly dark,
Naivete is my woe, I’ve learned,
A secret is too sweet a potion,
I accept the notion,
There is no secret betwixt a pair,
It’s too sweet for only one to bear,
Tongue or none, the fang will share!