~ Can You Keep A Secret ~

Can you keep a secret
There are things I must not ask,
How can I help it
They are part of my unknown past.

Are you a part of me
Am I a part of you,
I love you but I wonder
Who's name do I come under.

Can you keep a secret
From so long ago,
Just who is my mother
Does anybody know.

I am a secret
I look beyond my sight,
I wish I knew just who I am
I wish it with all my might.

Can you hold my hand
Can you help me stand,
Why is there much I do not know
Why did you keep it so.

Can you keep a secret,
I am grown, I must stay calm
I will stay within my soul, I will let no one know
I will no longer cry,
How can I forever more ask why.

Linda Ann Henry © 2004
Do you remember me
The people's poet

"Life can only be understood backwards,
but it must be lived forwards."