I’ve been thinking
About you lately
And the secrets
You kept buried
Deep inside

A lifetime wasn’t enough
To unburden yourself
Not until the end of it
Anyway

Even then
The pain of sharing it
Must have caused
Unendurable
Pain
Suffering
Shame

How I wish I knew then
What I know now
Would that have
Changed the course
Of our relationship
Or would life
Have played out
As it did just the same