Can I whisper words
for just your ears
Words that will remain
only between us?

Can I tell you secrets
and know they are safe?
Secrets for you and me only
Safe because they are ours.

Will you veil my speaking
protect it hidden inside you
Shielded from the rivalries
of the explicit and unconcealed?

Will you accept my parlance
Though my reasons appear abstruse?
Listen not with conspiratorial ears
at the revealing of this confession.

I place my hand inside your hand
I need to feel you hold me tight
Our fingers interlocking
As a tether between our hearts.

I place my hope inside this trust
I need to be grounded
Trusting in our rooted past
to untangle this Gordian knot.