Poetry Superhighway April 2023 Poems

secrets unsaid

Secrets Unsaid PSH

I am afraid
If I keep writing
I will tell you

Secrets
What is best left
Unsaid

Secrets I should take
To my grave

If I keep writing
I will have to tell you

And you will have
To bear the burden
Of hearing my secrets

Which may destroy you
In the end
Shall I continue?

April 21, 2023: Poetry Writing Prompt from Michelle Daugherty
This poetry writing prompt submitted by Michelle Daugherty:
I told my best friend I had nothing to write about, he said that just meant there was something I was afraid to say. Write a poem starting each stanza with “I’m afraid that if I keep writing, I will tell you”
If you write a poem from this prompt, post it as a comment underneath the prompt in the Poetry Super Highway Facebook Group.