Can this paper hold my broken words

Too heavy to speak

Secrets embedded in the surface

Only there for you to seek

Whispered hurting words

Written down for safekeeping

Scars of life in this world

Broken snatches of treasure

Spilled anger sinks into the pages

Rickety with lies

Beautiful words constructed

Pain being the only wage

Is it the right price to pay

For such heartbreaking words of grey