Wednesday's Verse - A Houseful of Secrets
This week’s verse moves from a science-fiction verse about a corporate debt collecting take-over to a slightly eerie verse about a house with secrets. It is taken from Another 365 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2019. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Houseful of Secrets I would not whisper if I were you; I would not even speak. I would close my eyes tight-shut, and I would not risk a peek. I would not risk a peek, no matter what I heard, not even when something touched me. I would pray that it passed by. For this old house is ancient. This house its secrets keeps, and I would keep my eyes tight-closed in the hope that I would wake, when once I’d gone to sleep. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find the first two poetry col