When Secrets Escape

There is a box that contains my mind,
or is it my mind that contains this box?
I had to create a hiding place for every
secret you made me keep, since I
was old enough to speak. So many years
have passed and now this box is filled
with your dirty secrets that I no longer want.

This box of guilt and shame, that used to
contain my mind, is now being emptied
until there is nothing left to hide. I will feel
the weight being lifted, each secret at a time,
as I let go of everything that I promised
to never tell.

All that will be left, is a box full of freedom,
as I watch these secrets escape. And the big
black box of secrets and lies will soon
belong to you. But you won't need to hide it
like I had to do, because the whole world will
already know what's inside.

Instead, you will have to live forever, with this
box that will soon contain your mind, along
with all the guilt and shame that I am giving
back to you...

...back to where it belongs.

Saffie
22

20/9/13