SECRET

i am something whispered
i couldn't quite hear
and i am wanting to know
exactly what was said and why

something muttered
in a foreign tongue
with a smirk and a sly look
and giggling and shushing
when i come near

and i can only guess
and check myself
and speculate
with what little i think i heard
and tell myself it's nothing,
it doesn't matter what was said
because i am simply who and what i am
and that, my friend, is that
and it is enough

but it never satisfies

because i want to know
the secret that i am