A Real Friend Can Keep a Secret, Especially From You

 I find it so enticing, was smiling ear to ear. 
 A good friend tells you the truth, but a real friend, they can keep a secret, lie if it comes to it.
 I was not proud of my reaction, 
 it wasn't brave, hardly understanding even.
 I swore, I said "I promise" that I need to know.
 They thought it odd how suddenly desperate and amused I was by the truth,
 when it reality, it was not reaction to hearing the truth, at all.


   The fragile strength of withholding.