Secrets and Lies

It was the night of the fire…who can forget?

We were all in places we would come to regret

Every single one of us had secrets to hide

But only one did evil they could not abide

At half past midnight in the meadow, we met

The silence we vowed remains unbroken yet

The horrific crime is hidden from all but one

The rest of us wonder who, and what can be done?

Unbearable guilt is the price we pay for the pact we keep

Someone died that night in the forest, dark eerie and deep

©Dani Heart

2-16-2026

You DID Vote for This!

Don’t forget your hate signs when you go

Place them on your car so everyone will know

Just who you hate and what you stand for

Making others less so you can be more

Cloak them in causes that many support

Sparing yourself all the snarky retorts

Sit in delusion…and say you never knew

That voting your beliefs stripped others’ rights too

But strip them they did, and now here we are

You are refusing the blame and it’s gone too far

August 23, 2025

(For the covertly hateful trying to divorce themselves from their vote)