Secrets In A Locket

i got lost in a secret

it made my heart smile

i promised to keep it

if for only a while

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this one little secret

could light cities on fire

the tiniest floweret

i have agreed to conspire

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i keep it in my pocket

keep it close to my side

i wear it in a locket

a silver chain and rawhide

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no one will ever

get me to confess

i'm a little bit harder

to fool, i guess

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i'll stay lost in the secret

no, i won't tell a soul

and to be quite honest

it should never be told

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if i must, i will bury it

deep underground

in a sacred, secret garden

that can never be found

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i'll cover it, with wildflowers

stir the leaves all around

i'll protect it from showers

and those nosey ol' hounds

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tending the vines of september

growing luscious and tall

till no-one remembers

i had a secret at all

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a cold dying ember

turned to ash in the breeze

escaping surrender

way up, over the trees