Secrets Don't Die

When I love you now,
I'll love you in secret,
In hidden verse
And treasured rhyme.
I'll hold it in
And keep it quiet
So you can't know
How much I pine -
For you, and me
And us as one
For all we had,
All that's gone.
Maybe some day
You'll realize,
As you look at me
And in my eyes
(If you so choose,
For choose you must,
Someday, before
We turn to dust),
That love though silent
Ne'er went away
Though you did,
Along your way.