• So many secrets
    Are given to me
    I am their lock box
    Their safe with no key

    A book never opened
    A diary never found
    All secrets are kept
    So tightly bound

    I carry them with me
    All night and all day
    Not one of them slips
    Not one gets away

    One day they won’t matter
    Those secrets once dear
    Most days I forget
    Almost all that I hear

    It isn’t the knowing
    Of secrets I crave
    It is helping those burdened
    by thoughts that are grave

    Giving your secret
    To someone for safe keeping
    Lightens the heart
    And helps stop the weeping

    So tell me your secrets
    Unburden your shoulders
    I’ll carry them for you
    As we all grow older