Our hidden place

Each of us has a hidden place
Somewhere deep within ourselves
a place where we go to get away, 
To think things through, to be alone.to be ourselves.
This unique place, where we confront our deepest feelings, 
Becomes a storehouse of all our hopes, all our needs, 
all our dreams
And even our unspoken fears.
It encompasses the essence of who we are and what we want to be.
But now and then, whether by chance or design, 
Someone discovers a way into that place we thought was ours alone.
And we allow that person to see, to feel, and to share all the reason, all the uncertainty, and all the emotion we've stored up there.
That person adds new perspective to our hidden realm, 
Then quietly settles down in there own corner of our special place.
Where a bit of themselves will stay forever.
And we call that person a friend