Rumor For A Rumor

He asked me why
What could I say?
That what people told
Would possibly go away?

I wish I could say it was someone else
But I know that wouldn’t be true
Because deep down inside
I knew they had the right clue

So I made up a rumor about myself
Steering them away
From what I did wrong
Hoping their thoughts would sway

Who tells lies to keep other lies hidden?
Kept locked under shaky words
Fragile and easy to break
Never to be spoken to a nosy bird

Rumors is what the story is
Told by the person based on
Swirls of fabrication
Truth drawn purposely wrong