Poem Contest Finalists
1. As dusk turns to day,
and thoughts start to decay.
And as you fade all away.
There are certain things you want to say.
Want to say about your afair?
Want to talk about your hidden thoughts?
Want to speak of things you can't speak of?
The secrets can go here.
Post your life away,
and then you don't have to decay.
Your secrets are safe,
no need to worry, we won't share.
Dirty Little Secrets,
place where all secrets go to rest.
A place where we're as family.
A tight nit family, where you know no one.
2. We all have secrets
And despite what we say
We're all dying to tell someone
Though we know that we can't tell anyone we know.
Keep your secret
Let it fester inside
It'll eat at you, a vulture
The pain of holding this can't be worse than telling.
But you're so wrong
You need to get it out
Journals and diaries? No good
You're left to yourself once again, still it haunts you.
Nowhere to turn to?
No friends who can know
Dirty Little Secrets welcomes
beckons, shelters, gives refuge, keeps warm and much more
You are not alone
They feel the same as you
And you see it now, what it is
Free therapy, silent love, acceptance, and help
Far from at peace, we
can, will, call this place home.
We all love, we all hurt, we all
are a part, we all belong, we all love
No one judges here
No one will lay blame
You are safe here from the outside
The community of Dirty Little Secrets.
3. Down dark and deep, locked away in your mind
You push it down further, desperate to hide
All that you feel and all that you are
You think you're alone, but friends are not far
They won't say a word, as you empty your heart
Just post a small secret, right when you first start
Hear the comfort in the lack of ridicule
No more fear to act as a fuel
Of your insecurity, your hidden inner mess
Welcome, newcomer, to the DLS
4. And as our flowers bloom
without a word
we wonder why we hate
we wonder why we do the things
that we don't realize make us great
we all say we found ourselves
we say that we were lost
we say that we were nothing without DLS
we become us when our paths crossed
but what we don't realize is we were always there
hiding underneath
we bite our lips and leave the marks
the blood is on our teeth
We think we're letting ourselves go
when we're really letting in
we could've been something else
but you taught us how to begin.
5. I remember when we first met,
And the first thing that you said.
“Can you keep a secret?”
And thus a pact was made
I kept it close to my heart
I’m sure you did that too.
I wouldn’t tell a soul
Not even give a clue.
I fell asleep happy,
Thinking life was bright.
But I knew as well as you did,
Things didn’t fit quite right.
This secret was somehow broke,
And so our trust was lost.
Now the friendship we once had
was as cold as frost.
Time has past,
Things not mended.
The secret lost,
Out friendship ended.
So when I say
"Secrets are fragile things"
Take my word,
And only tell a soul
if you're sure, they'll be your wings.
6. The purple flower looks upon me as a sister.
He wants no part of the soil, the sky, neither the Giants looming overhead,
Just simply to have limbs replace leaves and tufts of hair along his petals.
Look at the blossom swaying: longing to dance in a different way
Listen to the rustle of leaves: hopeful that he could project a low, lovely voice.
“Why purple?” he mumbles softly, slowly. Like a sigh.
A pondering question indeed, for why not a healthy tan?
“Purple, oh purple! This is not a shade to appreciate!” wisps out of the flower, out to space, out to the sea!
Silly flower, only wanting a human frame to walk, talk and think, with eyes with scents, with feelings.
Silly being, for I want nothing more than to have the emanations of a purple flower!
