secrets

if lovers don't have secrets
they have no special thing,
lovers without secrets
are like birds that always sing,
a gesture or a touch
that just two lovers share,
is a secret sort of magic
far beyond compare,
secrets together
no other person knows,
the intangible bond
that intimately flows,
secret smiles within a crowd
a glance can be enough,
lovers must have secrets
'cause life can be so rough.

1983