Rani Turton - Secrets

I have been so many things in my life
A daughter, a worker, a beloved and a wife
I have sometimes sat down and wept
But that is a secret that should be timidly kept

I have often wanted somebody to reply
If all women were like me and if so why
Was I a loser? Was I wise?
That is a secret that I can summarise;
Insecurity, confusion, fatigue and while
I hid all this inside me behind a smile

My secret is simple and utterly pure:
Life is simply not sure;
I can choose to dropp out of the race
Or choose to go on at my pace.

Rani Turton

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