3WW - Secrets

One razor-flick of carelessness
    would topple your secret empire

        of fevered dreams,

          murky nights,

            and the smell of flesh

              and jasmine.

[And so you lie.]

Destroy your most treasured illusions.

(Let go so you can hold on.)

Control is just a whispered wish
    in an empty room.


This is a Three Word Wednesday post.