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author: bghost
fandom: due South
character: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski
word count:300

AN # 1 : A treble drabble. Fraser spinning round the secrets in his head. Poetry.

AN # 2 : A bghost and ride_4ever  collaboration, written by bghost  as a companion piece to ride_4ever's Make Bright Your Dark Story , both of which having been written for the fan_flashworks "Secrets Challenge".

 

I’m a storyteller.

I make you laugh.

Fireside tales,

Inuit legend

The provenance

Of poker.

I’m a poet,

A liar,

A fictioneer.

I only hear

What I want to hear

Only say what I want to say.

No, don’t blame her.

I’m the liar.

In the fading light

Our fire burns low

To the rustle of

Your murmuring,

You, dear innocence,

Are deep drowned down

In slumber

That I can’t follow...

As for me,

I creep, mutter, peek,

Trying to imagine your dreams.

Ashamed to listen,

Appalled, compelled...

Naive, but never blameless,

I listen anyway.

I can’t make out

Your words.

I wonder what secrets

Track you there.

Tell me a secret,

I want to beg you.

It doesn’t even have to be true.

I need to hear your voice

In the dark,

When the fire goes out,

Someone to make me believe

For a moment

That I’m not alone

In the woods.

Lie to me, my good friend,

Tell me that you love me.

Anything, everything.

I just need someone

To be held by,

Someone to hold,

Somebody to give a damn

And catch me

When I fall

(I’m always falling.)

And, oh God knows...

I’m easy to deceive.

This far from my kingdom.

The signs point the wrong way

And the compass trembles

Unable to find

True North.

Perhaps in the morning,

You’ll ask for a story,

And I’ll dress this one up,

Parade it before you.

You’re no fool,

You’ll know it’s a lie.

And I?

I’ll try to tell you my secrets

Symbologically speaking,

With giants, and

Sprinkles and lichen

On top.

You’ll know, of course,

That I’m a liar,

Because I’ll talk too much.

And you’ll look me in the eyes,

As I make you laugh,

Not once deceived,

And say,

‘That’s one dark story.’