Maybe...

Secrets crawl inside the shadows,
Of the heart,
Of the mind,
Dwelling in the trenches of humanity,
MY humanity,
A place so inescapable,
So treacherous,
It is toxic within me...

To relieve my toxicity,
Would be to betray sanity,
To purge myself of loyalty,
To force myself to walk away,
One whisper to bring down a world,
My world...yours...

The only hope is slivers,
Tiny shards of the truth,
To cut you, burrow deep,
So that MAYBE you do not know,
Or maybe only in your slumber,
You figure out my ruse,
My secret,
My pain,
Maybe...

Maybe my toxicity spreads,
Maybe it isn't toxic to you,
Maybe it is what you need to hear,
Maybe it is what I should say,
Maybe...

It remains uncertain,
A million reasons to stay silent,
ONE to expose,
Maybe that's enough...
Maybe...

Sometimes...maybe....it isn't enough...