Shhh

Shhh

I cannot tell. Can you keep a secret?

I am leaving. I am going away. A ticket, a bag, a cross.

My journey is now and yesterday is over.

Don't tell. Don't let him know.

I leave because I can. I know he will cry and that makes me laugh.

I've lent him my tears. So many. He has his turn now to give them back.

I'll be on a plane, over a vast body of hope and future.

I escape from torture to bring freedom and pain.

His pain, our freedom.

I'm soon leaving. Don't tell him till I've gone.

I'll hear the crack of his heart in my new world, and I'll smile.