Secrets - All types - Each hiding a layer
They cling to me cloyingly
Envelop me like viscous fog
Embedded deep within like weeds

Childhood - My secret world - An escape
Covertly cultivating each secret
Like a beloved pot plant
Developing into habitual privacy from everyone

Secretly - I watch quietly - From afar
A crush, No! More of a flying fancy
Over by tomorrow, probably
Fickleness thy definition is me

Lover - You long to know - All of me
Difficult to change habits of a lifetime
You say I’m secretive and hard to know
I concur…I am

Lover - You say - I should tell you everything
I can’t...I won’t...I'm too scared
But I’ll let you in gradually
One secret at a time