Clandestine

Secrets Burn like hot coals Scorching her fragile mind The weight of knowing sears her soul Burden ~~~~~ Burden She dared to share A truth too dark to hold But trust once broken cannot heal Fractured ~~~~~ Fractured By his cold words Her guilt became her chains While his deeds festered in the dark Poison ~~~~~ Poison Spread through their bond Each whisper fed the rot Until their friendship fell apart Ashes ~~~~~ Ashes Were all that stayed Two hearts now torn and burned Destroyed by silence, guilt, and pain Secrets __________________________________________

Author's Notes

If a friend confided in you that they were lying to someone to protect them, but you knew the truth would eventually cause that person deep pain, and they asked you to keep it a secret, what would you do? Could you stay silent, knowing the harm their actions might cause? What would be the right thing to do in that situation?

A Crown Cinquain is a sequence of five cinquain stanzas functioning to construct a larger poem. The syllabic count for each stanza 2-4-6-8-2. The last line of the previous cinquain stanza is repeated as the first line of the next cinquain stanza. The final line of the last cinquain stanza does not have to equal the first line of the first cinquain stanza, but it is an option.

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