Something Bigger

Something Bigger 

By Maryann Y.

I hid it from everyone 

I told not a soul 

Never breathed a sound 

It twisted within 

Unspoken deed 

That I had committed 

Faded through my heart 

The haunting memory 

I couldn’t let go 

Of this terrible sin 

Latched on to my mind 

And under the layers of guilt 

She stopped me 

She asked 

All words escaped me 

She knew 

We stood for a second 

None of us spoke 

Then it all spilled out 

Confession cascaded 

I told her my story 

I left nothing out 

She just sat and listened 

I felt I was judged 

But then she surprised me 

She said someone loved 

And this everlasting love 

Promised something bigger 

Then she told me 

She too had done this 

And she had harbored it 

And escaped from it all 

Then someone had stopped her 

Had guessed from afar 

They read through the lines 

They translated the fight 

She told what they said 

How he would forgive 

That someone was perfect 

And died for her sins 

He could give life 

Instead of this curse 

I wanted that promise 

It was something bigger