Wednesday, May 8, 2013

No Secrets by Alyssa Abell

Two girls discover they share a secret,
one that will change their lives if  told.
Of course they both know, they're best friends.
But the secret means more than they can know.

As they grow the secret shows, people know.
some are angry, some show fear, most don't care.
One girl tells mama, teary eyed and fearful,
Mom says, I know my child, I love you, she loves you.

Out now, the not so very secret shines
bold and proud, an identifier,
badge pinned to your chest.

Two girls discover more in the secret,
 timid, potent romance bloomed over years
bound at the hip, tied by fate's red ribbon.


Hands interlaced, stares and glares
in exchange for their innocent strolling.
They can't put a damper on these smiles.

Two girls celebrating pride week.
They hold their heads high and hope for a change,
they joyfully strive for equality.

Two girls have no secrets at all these days,
knowing they are no different than their peers.

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The Secret

by Denise Levertov
Two girls discover
the secret of life
in a sudden line of
poetry.

I who don’t know the
secret wrote
the line. They
told me

(through a third person)
they had found it
but not what it was
not even

what line it was. No doubt
by now, more than a week
later, they have forgotten
the secret,

the line, the name of
the poem. I love them
for finding what
I can’t find,

and for loving me
for the line I wrote,
and for forgetting it
so that

a thousand times, till death
finds them, they may
discover it again, in other
lines

in other
happenings. And for
wanting to know it,
for

assuming there is
such a secret, yes,
for that
most of all

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