Behind Closed Doors

Lies and secrets locked away,

Behind closed doors,

Hidden there to stay.

Bloody words and battered wives,

Affairs and alibis…

Truths trapped inside walls—

behind brick and granite they hide.

Caresses…

Late night phone calls,

secret lives,

alleyway transactions,

all hidden behind…

And if we could hear

The stories behind

Those brick barriers,

What we would know…

if only walls could talk.