Her Secret Life

her life was full of secrets.

the hidden phone,
the closet full of hidden notes
and rings
and clothes.
the hidden scale.
the hidden
cards and letters.
the secret post office box.
the secret rendezvous.
the secret tree
in the woods.
the secret
texts.
the hidden health issues.
the secret
laxatives
and pills.
the hidden pictures.
the secret
lovers, the secret
food,
the secret books
and magazines.
the secret videos.
the whispers behind
closed doors.
the stalking, the searching,
the constant
hypervigilance
about everything.

she was a shut book.
a dark tomb. paranoid
and scared.
a black heart full
of secrets
and gloom.