Ode to truth

We met in the park

He and I,
me sharing the deepest

Secrets of my life

With a man I thought

Was my friend

Because I had no one

Else to tell

And I trusted him,

Desperate to get his advice

On how I could ease

The pain

Trying not to let on

To anybody else

What I felt or knew

As not to hurt you

His voice always

The voice of reason

And calm,

Who turned out

A lip licking sneak

Who snuck back

Out of your sight

Content to know

My secrets

Without telling you

He knew,

And me,
carrying inside me

This new secret of his deceit

Without even

A park bench tell to you on

Knowing how much you trusted

This man

Knowing how I would

Get the blame

When I let his secret lie out,

Knowing that

I would be branded a gossip

When I trusted the same

Untrustworthy man

You trusted

And had to somehow

Warn you

And risked my life

Telling you.