Women are the Keepers of Secrets

Women keep the secrets of men 
by candlelight and telephone, 
growing in their wombs. 

Women keep the secrets of children 
who dream of secret wars 
and giants at the window. 

Women keep the secrets of other women 
planted in window gardens 
and tended past blooming. 

Women keep secrets in their bones 
until the bones are buried, 
and secrets fertilize the land.