The Secret Box

Someone once said 
to write your secrets 
on slips of paper and
burn them, 
scatter the ashes
in a secret box.  

Or, you can 
scrawl your wishes
on bay leaves,
embers manifesting
your hopes in a daydream 
to the Universe. 

I lock my secrets
and wishes
in a secret box,
burn them 
to keep them
from the world at large.

BIO: Juliette Sebock is a Best of the Net-nominated poet and writer and the author of Mistakes Were Made, Micro, and Boleyn, with work forthcoming or appearing in a wide variety of publications. She is the founding editor of Nightingale & Sparrow, runs a lifestyle blog, For the Sake of Good Taste, and is a regular contributor with Marías at Sampaguitas and Royal Rose. When she isn't writing (and sometimes when she is), she can be found with a cup of coffee and her cat, Fitz. Juliette can be reached on her website, juliettesebock.com, or across social media @juliettesebock.

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