a picture on my phone

I have a picture on my phone

keep it hidden in a folder

with a password

it’s a secret

that nobody else should see

Just a picture of a thing

that I’ve never seen alive

I’m not sure if it exists

But I’ve seen it on my phone

an image of a concept

given color and extension

and intensity and form

But it’s a figure I can’t grasp

If the other knew

I’d kill myself

For shame is worse than guilt

and the burden of the things I’ve seen

will make me fill this folder