You Can Never Know Poem by cheryl davis miller

The first time I kissed your lips
was on the banks of the Ohio.
We were fishin and you caught one
laughed and said, ' Just let it go.'
Then one time beneath the cascades of
Old Black Water Falls.
The sad part is I was alone;
you weren't there at all.

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Oh in my thoughts and in my heart
I've loved you with all that is in me.
From a distance I have hid my secret
so that; you would never see.
Oh the ache, of having such a love
that you can never show.
Kept locked away my love must stay
because; you can never know.

Love at times I see a shadow
pass across your precious face.
And I wonder; if you're wandering off
to some far off place.
Is there someone in your heart you long for
and someplace where you go?
The sad part is if that is true
I don't; ever want to know.

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The only virtue of a secret love is
it's easy to dis-claim.
Seems unfair something so beautiful
could bring me so much shame.
So I'll lock it deep with-in my heart
and throw away the key.
Then the only one who will ever know
is this printed page; and me.

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So locked away my love must stay because;
you can never know.
c.d.m.2005