"Currency of Secrets Part II" Inspired by One of Us is Next:

Currency of Secrets Part II

You promised not to tell—

you promised not to spend

the secret.

But sharing, you think,

isn’t the same as spending.

You look at the secret

in confidence with another,

adding to their bank of secrets.

It’s only one more person, you justify.

But one errant spark of a secret

can become a blaze.

You told the wrong person

or said it in the wrong place,

you didn’t look over your shoulder

or you said it too loud.

You lost the secret

to another willing to cash in.