Excellent Telling on me tells on you Exposure by Nicki Nance Free Form Poetry Contest contest entry Artwork by Renate-Bertodi at FanArtReview.com

Don’t tout it as a slip of the tongue Truth is not spilled by accident The secret that you could not hold was not your tale to tell A cruel dress-down rehearsal left venom on your tongue Your final act   is    my opening night Unscripted, I transcend my truth Unburdened from the secret Unburdened from the teller  Unredeemed  for the disclosure you slither off in the slime of cruelty to the emptiness that is your truth   Author Notes Secrets are tricky. I've heard it said that we are only as sick as our secrets. The act of setting the truth free is the beginning of recovery. Betraying a confidence is a violation of boundaries, and a double hit on the spirit - a loss of one's right to choose what others know, a loss of trust that impairs the ability to trust again.

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