Can you keep a secret? <br />I ask you <br />I will test you <br />About my loneliness <br />It is a secret <br />That I keep <br />And I want to share <br />It with you <br />If you can keep <br />A secret <br /> <br />You cannot <br />Keep a secret <br />Today a friend <br />Calls <br />911 <br />For me <br /> <br />And so <br />my loneliness <br />Has spread <br />From one mouth <br />To another <br />Throughout the world <br /> <br />And all my friends <br />And acquaintances <br />Call today <br />Telling me <br /> <br />We share the same secrets <br /> <br />But I am lonelier <br />ever <br />I have another secret <br />That I can no longer <br />Share with you <br /> <br />You cannot keep a secret <br /> <br /> <br />You never knew <br />what delicate means<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/secrets-66/