Tonight we began reading, Things I Have to Tell You: Poem and Writing by Teenage Girls edited by Betsy Franco. Two of the young women wrote about secrets. Elisha Branch wrote a poem about how our ancestors tried to change the world while many of us we sit by and do little good. Secrets by Natalie Branch My life is ruled by the weight of untold secrets. I have them, you have them, we all have them. My mom says all secrets are brought out eventually. But it’s the ones we cannot imagine that scare me. Past secrets, family secrets, future secrets. What scares me most is you never know when It’s gong to hit you or what it is. You know the saying, “Every day you learn something new”? Well, that’s true. I could wake up tomorrow and find out my mom isn’t my mom or my dad isn’t my dad. Don’t get me wrong. There are good secrets and there are bad ones. Secrets can either make you or break you, but it’s up to you where those secrets are going to take you. My Secrets by Rachel Coney I have a secr...