The Secret Keeper

The secret keeper has a pond
No one knows or even cares
He gave goldfish up for bottles
And everyday he sits and stares

At all the floating secrets
That litter his blue pond
He often asks them questions
But rarely do they respond

You see he needs their company
A crowd of silent friends
Those who don't make you the god
To which they need to make amends

Every morning bright and early
He grabs a bag too heavy for his back
And tugs it to his spot
Where everything fades to black

He can't remember hearing
Everything that's said
Nobody that whispers in his ear
Knows he's seeing red

Who would ask their safe place
What's lurking in the dark?
Check its closet for skeletons
And ask who left a mark

Every so often he forges signatures
And writes a secret of his own
Then when no one's looking
He drowns it like a stone

To all the friends that have one
A secret keeper you hold dear
It takes some thought to realize
He doesn't care for every tear

While you were sending him a note
He punched an old brick wall
But said he cut it up on eggshells
Saving Humpty from his fall

He savors every smile
While hiding behind his
No career is perfect
But nothing ever is

He feeds the bottles everyday
And watches the ink fade
But when your secret worsens
The ink is at its darkest shade

The secret keeper tends to worry
Should he stitch his lips?
Or sew in a new zipper
For fear that a secret drips

Just pours straight from his mouth
Like a waterfall of deception
He'll lose his keeper title
Become a gossip of social misconception  

The secret keepers mind will wander
Every time he lay in bed
"Worst case scenario,
They may end up dead."

There are many bottled notes
Quoting those 6 words
All in different cursive
Read by only mocking birds

No matter how he writes it
It's always in his mind
And at any remote moment
With his thoughts it's intertwined

Even he has tales
Everyone has sins to share
Every shoulder soaked with tears
Has stories made to scare

But the secret keeper has no secrets
Just a pond to tend
Bottled notes to care for
Lips sealed till the bitter end