We all think we can keep a secret
I know I have never revealed anything told to me, or sent to me, or given to me. I have never passed on gossip, idle chat, or cruel rumour. And I have never uttered the name of a lover. or a past lover, or longed for lover, to anyone.
We all know we can keep secret
But when the secret is a betrayal of the one who knows us best, then the secret itself refuses to be kept.
It whispers itself in every word, every half truth, in every lie, in every nuance, in every falsehood we speak. It sends hints in every look, in every gesture, in every glance, in every lowered pair of eyes. It mutters in every evasion, every digression, every fabrication, every prevarication.
It half shows itself when we hungrily check our phone for expected messages. Though we try so hard to remain unnoticed.
It never gives itself away completely.
But it says enough.
Never believe you can keep a secret.
Not from one who loves you.
.
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© the author writing as Romantic Dominant
Art by Jack Vettriano
A Faded Romantic's Notebook 
scarsofadream
November 16, 2014 at 4:10 pm
😉 not from one you love
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Romantic Dominant
November 16, 2014 at 5:11 pm
Indeed
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daddysbabygirl69
November 16, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Reblogged this on Babygirl's Corner.
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kittykatsbitsandbobs
November 16, 2014 at 4:42 pm
very true…
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Romantic Dominant
November 16, 2014 at 5:13 pm
Yes. Smiles
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suzisummer
November 16, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Secrets have a way of screaming out for attention.
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Romantic Dominant
November 16, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Sadly they do, however much we try to gag them
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suzisummer
November 16, 2014 at 4:49 pm
Reblogged this on mcnealte.
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April
November 16, 2014 at 4:57 pm
Wonderful, honest, yes! The ones who love us truly are the ones paying close enough attention to notice the traces, the whispers, of these secrets…a bittersweet truth. Thank you for sharing this part of yourself.
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Romantic Dominant
November 16, 2014 at 5:17 pm
It is a pleasure to know you read it. Smiles
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lesliemeeks
November 16, 2014 at 5:11 pm
How true this is. We can only hope that our secrets remain silent within us. Thank you for sharing handsome.
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Romantic Dominant
November 16, 2014 at 5:17 pm
But they never do. Smiles
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lesliemeeks
November 16, 2014 at 5:25 pm
I know.. Smiles
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Maggie Carpenter
November 16, 2014 at 5:30 pm
A deep connection creates a psychic, open telephone line…no, secrets cannot remain so when loved.
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Romantic Dominant
November 16, 2014 at 5:34 pm
Indeed. It is so.
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Heartafire
November 16, 2014 at 10:08 pm
yes
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Romantic Dominant
November 17, 2014 at 8:44 am
Smiles
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newsubmissivestranger
November 17, 2014 at 2:54 pm
It is the price we pay for enjoy the pleasure that we must keep secret…
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Romantic Dominant
November 18, 2014 at 8:22 am
Sometimes the price feels high. Sometimes less so
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redklwr2006 Kym
November 18, 2014 at 2:59 pm
Secrets always have a way of finding their way out into the open
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Romantic Dominant
November 18, 2014 at 3:58 pm
They do. Sadly they do
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apollosmuse37
November 18, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Secrets can save a world of pain. We all have them, no one’s secret is better or worse than another’s. I also have many that have never, nor will ever be spoken; it is for the best. Great page of your notebook! As always, I enjoyed.
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Romantic Dominant
November 18, 2014 at 5:22 pm
Yes. Sometimes to keep something secret is by far the best thing.
Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed
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b.l. ronan
November 21, 2014 at 3:36 pm
one of your best
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