the things and thoughts and memories
we keep so private
not even those closest to us
are supposed to know
are those that make up
our individuality
we need
as experts say
this very core of our privacy
so we can say
I am different
I have a secret
nobody else has
I am not sure
yet I have come to understand
secrecy also has disadvantages
torn between privacy
and the desire to share
we are drawn towards confession
or get paranoid
in order to maintain
The Secret
unaware
that almost everybody
knows it
anyway
* * *
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 5:18 PM UTC
the things and thoughts and memories
we keep so private
not even those closest to us
are supposed to know
are those that make up
our individuality
we need
as experts say
this very core of our privacy
so we can say
I am different
I have a secret
nobody else has
I am not sure
yet I have come to understand
secrecy also has disadvantages
torn between privacy
and the desire to share
we are drawn towards confession
or get paranoid
in order to maintain
The Secret
unaware
that almost everybody
knows it
anyway
* * *
