Secrets that Weigh

The wind whispers sensational stuff

if you are attuned enough to hear 

Try breathing out what you know 

but cannot say due to promise or fear 

Or they will fester within you,

on your face leaving damp trails.

Guarding your lips against smiles

Skeletons with their elaborate tales.

They sit on their throne, your heart 

Colouring future with shades of the past Charting the journey of your life 

sitting on contested on your ship's mast

Daring you to suspend all pretence

pulling your mask cruelly away 

You smile and hide to protect 

what they ask can you can't say 

It floats and weeps in the waves

and languidly dims the moonlight 

You reach out with your fingers 

but there is nothing to hug or hold tight 

The secrets in your heart weigh a lot

it takes a part of the soul to save

Honour forbids you from speaking 

hold that breath until you reach your grave.