Secrets

I told my secrets to the stars
they had heard it all before
in every little child
that wished for something more
I showed my aching to the moon
asked her to go away
Her shadows couldn’t touch me
if the sun would always stay.
I knelt before an alter
right there on my knees
told a silent Jesus
my each and every plea.
I sank into the river
as deep as I could go
I’d become the water
then no one would know
I released my soul to nothing
I built a place inside
where all my humanity
could bury in and hide.
I stood and faced a morning
so blinding and bright
I turned my face away
it hurt to face the light.
I became the shadows
my eyes they bore the pain
The stars kept my secrets
The moon she held my shame.