Eight-line Poems

Secret

Secret

Yes, I know a secret,
but I cannot tell -
I learned it from an egret
and swore I would not yell
the news of it abroad,
though it squirms inside of me,
I cannot breathe a word,
I’ve forgotten it, you see.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 10.25.23
Prompt: Don’t tell.