Solidarity

I can't believe it

I've never mentioned it for almost a year now

it turns out that I really can keep secrets for this long

from even myself

from the universe

from everyone else

from my confidants.

It's lonely

having to stay quiet about something like this

knowing that only one person

out of about eight billion

knows

about it.

Funny how only I know what I'm talking about

and I'm not bragging;

I sort of wish that I had someone else to confide in

to verify that nothing's wrong with me

but I don't have that person yet

because that means getting to a point where I can talk to myself

where I can tell when I'm lying or not

so I wait

in the quiet of solidarity.