Secrecy

When ants crawl onto your back
During your dreams , when you are asleep
And bite you, don't wake up violently,
Don't scream neighbours will hear and laugh
And jeer at you, but be silent
You can turn and twist and sigh calmly;
Never to yell loudly like a mad storm,
Storming the veldts, only darkness
Or searchlights must know the horrors in your house'
And troubles in your mind.