Secrets Stay Hidden

In shadows deep, where silence lay,

A child's plea at break of day.

'Mother dear, you've left me lone,

When wolves did howl, and night winds moan.

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You were not there to shield or save,

From fanged despair, I stood so brave.

Yet still, I hold this secret tight,

For disbelief would be my plight.

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In your absence, I found my might,

Against the dark, I fought the fight.

And though you knew not of my trial,

I've grown beyond the fearsome wild.

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So, hear my words, though hard to believe,

Of wolves and whispers, the nights deceive.

A tale of courage, silent kept,

In starlit eyes that have often wept.

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Forgive the silence, forgive the night,

For in the end, I found the light.

And love remains, through trials untold,

In stories brave, in hearts so bold.'