Another one from my 1968 Notebook… now fully scanned.
Shall I?
Shall I open my mind and let you see
deep inside my heart, the real me?
Shall I let you wander through the avenues
float on the waves of solitude?
Shall I let you sample my inner fears
find out all the reasons for my lonely tears?
Shall I let you see the feelings I suppress
like affection and love, hate and sadness?
Shall I give away my independence,
my loneliness and oneness?
Shall I be the same as everyone else?
Shall I show what feelings I’ve really felt?
Shall I tell all my secrets to you? No –
there’s no telling what harm you’d do,
if you laughed…
Frances Macaulay Forde © 1973
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