Secret

Did you even know that?
I bet you never did.
You probably thought the opposite
since you were just a kid.

Had they ever told you?
I bet they never had.
You never really questioned
since you heard it from your Dad.

Could you quite believe it?
I bet you barely could.
Something so incredible
was almost lost for good.

Have you ever wondered
if there was even more?
A galaxy of secrets
in the box under the floor.

(c) Andrew Halsall Smith, 2018 

The Sylvia Path

(After Apprehensions by Sylvia Plath)

I can help you,
or at least I could try.
I don't have the same
apprehensions.

The sky to me
is not a ceiling,
nor a canvas to paint with
your pretentions.

And my partner
believes in me,
cherishes my weaknesses
and I her interventions.


(c) Andrew Halsall Smith, 2018