When nobody is listening,
silence has a carte blanche
and is under no obligation
to keep anybody's secrets.
The sea may well have told
a shell, but when the tide is
out and it lays exposed in the
sand the echo its often heard.
Tantalus revealed something
about his family, which was
not for public consumption,
look at how he was treated.
My sister died and all of my
kin were vowed to keep her
passing from me, but for the
smoke signals I'd never know.