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Pen and paper | wrapped in blankets | both initials dance as one amidst the lines | embellishments to signify ornately just how much for him she pines | a man who fell towards some blonde hair on a different head to the one to which he wed leaves at three AM to return quietly home to lay awake in his own bed | Secrets to keep out of sight | at least ‘til the time becomes right | The heartache the longing the guilt and the hoping is tough | let’s see in the morning if the weight has been lifted or if it’s becoming too much

Some secrets are best kept secret

Doorstep baby | maternal stranger assumes the burden that the parentage won’t bear | adolescence and further ignorance | call her mother though the blood and skin’s not shared |Secrets that must be obscured if the pain’s never to be endured |Who cares about the biology when it clearly does not mean a thing | alien benevolence is surely better than negligence | what the child doesn’t know won’t sting

Soon the minutes turn to years and still you find it’s not time to lift the shroud | eventually the eye line meets and all’s unveiled | you hear yourself speak it out loud

Some secrets are worst kept secret

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from A Martin Skews E​.​P., released August 4, 2014

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Martin Skews England, UK

Martin Skews is a singer-songwriter, composer, producer and story teller from Cornwall.
His music is often carnivalesque, theatrical and multi-faceted. A melting pot of genres and widespread influences from prog rock and art pop to opera, musical theatre and contemporary classical music.
Often conceptual and programmatic, his music might be best described as 'ear theatre'. ... more

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