If it's all in the mind

I've just been told by my friend:
What's in the mind,
what's not publicly disclosed,
is okay;
For whatever's in the mind,
is safely kept from the public eye,
and hurts no one,
he says...

How true - 'coz i've been doing that all this while:
keeping every thought safely to myself, in my mind...
not wanting to hurt or to offend -
mostly 'cos of the fear of adverse reaction,
when i'm too frank,
and too out-spoken...
but then it's also not fair,
to just jump to conclusions;
and to keep them all to myself -
not giving him the chance to clarify,
or to counter - whatever that is rightly judged,
or prejudiced, or far-fetched -
not giving him the chance to right the wrong,
and to put things straight - back to normal...

So, it takes a friend to know my heart,
a friend to catch what's fluttering around -
and to pin it down: the truth in life;
it takes a long lost friend to see -
the secret thoughts, and the secret dreams;
it takes a true friend, with the key, to open
the secret vaults in my heart,
and in my mind...
and to make public the most well-guarded secrets
of my lonely heart...