H O W A R D   U N I V E R S I T Y

Faces & Voices 5
An Anthology
of Verse and Prose
by
the Composition
for Honours Class,
Howard University,
2000-2001.

Professor
E. R. BRAITHWAITE

 

Faces & Voices 4
 Art@Howard

 

    

Secrets
By Kyeba Jackman
  
Once I kept a secret...
I was not hurting anyone for it was mine,
It was personal and they did not need to know.
This was my condition and I had to deal with it.

They would all worry, I would be ok
I didn’t want them to fuss
So I told NO one...

Then it got lonely
No one knew, so I couldn’t let it out 
All of the tension, frustration and anxiety were mine to keep.
For I was on an island of knowledge
Then I told 
I broke down
They helped me up 
The pain left

I’m better now, 
But I still keep some secrets. 

 © 2001 Kyeba Jackman

© 2001 Howard University. H. Patrick Swygert, President
(First Published in limited print edition, An Anthology of Verse and Prose, by the Composition for Honours Class, Howard University, Spring 2001. Professor E.R. Braithwaite)
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