Challenge
tell me a secret
tell me a secret, it can be dark, witty, happy, but it has to be something you keep close to you. it can be written through a simple sentence, a story, poetry, or prose. if enough entries are made I'll choose a first place.
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An Open Secret
(1) I live with chronic pain.
Most people who know me know, they just... forget. I don't look in pain, not usually. It's like a secret because I'm very hesitant to complain.
There she goes again. Rolls eyes. (It's never happened, but it could.)
(2) I live with chronic pain.
My brain uses a whole lot of brain power in managing it, to the point that sometimes, even I don't know. I just feel so tired and done, there's that familiar dull aching, if I close my eyes and check in I can feel it. (So I don't.)
(3) I live with chronic pain.
And when I'll tell you, it'll be a whisper at the pew, shameful.
Or it'll be the tag alon fun fact to a smile, a hurried dismissed explanation.
(A secret: a truth I don't actually want you to believe.)