I have felt like a secret treasure
Since before I can remember
The invisible pillar of my Self, strong and whole
I wondered if others Know what I Know
But they never said

I’m a secret part of Jesus
I thought as a girl
But no one talks about that

I’m secretly smarter than you
I often thought
But you can't say that either

I’m secretly powerful
And secretly beautiful
And secretly just about
Anything I want to be

And clutched inside the fear of being found so immodest
Lay the fear of finding out
That maybe I’m crazy
And I’m none of these things

But as the shell has worn away
Over all these years
I see that I am all of it
And so are you
And if I want to talk about it
I need only ask.