
Inspiration Call: What kinds of family secrets or stories might be hiding in that untouched box in the attic?
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Locked away
Years gone by
Untold secrets
Sitting on its side
The story waiting within
My curiosity building
What contents would I find
Thoughts of treasures
Maybe just some clothes
Or
Old forgotten pile of gold
Unable to live with the mystery
I pulled the box closer
Rattled sounds echoed
My heart pounding
What would be inside
Was this secret ready to be told
Prying open the dusty crate
My eyes surprised at what I found
I slammed the lid quickly
Returning the box to its spot
A secret indeed
A story inside
Left untold
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hiding out
running
the neo nazis
hunting me
hunting progressives
hunting GLBQ symps
hunting non-white people
hunting muslims
I come to an old house
deep in the woods
the owner will hide us
in the old cabin
I get there
and wonder
yet again
how did we end up
here
in a neo nazi nightmare
there is no answer
just the silence
of the damn
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world war 11 secrets
In world war 11
there were many secrets
among them
the thousands of people
who hid the jews
in secret hideaways
at risk to their life
why did they risk
their life
to save
their Jewish neighbors
such acts of courage
were rare indeed
but gives us
hope
in these dark times
where neo-fascism
seems to be emerging
from their dark corners
threating us all
once again
and will we
save our neighbors
from the next holocaust
that is sure to follow
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