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'The truth is not always beautiful or beautiful words, the truth.' ~Lao Tzu

My Truths

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                        The truth is not always beautiful 
            or beautiful words from sugared lips, the truth.
The Trojan Horse delivered to the door, comes in disguise.
Sturdy in design of wood, but empty as a trickster
                        who plies her trade amongst unwary
and the inevitable susceptible naïveté akin to the Greeks’ quaint
love for the common old garden grasshopper of all colours —
      a Greek tragedy in the making, rivalling that of Sophocles.
            My truths are more complicated than the above:
                        an exposé wrapped in the variable 
old clichés of devotion and eternal love of the other.
            Keeping the secrets of others is a burden to be 
      suffered in silence until a beautiful
                        death do us part – then rendezvous in eternity.

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Sara Kendrick Date: 11/17/2024 2:03:00 PM Congrats on your winning work..Way to go. I think we have had a Trojan Horse in our lives. Sara K Login to Reply Suzette Richards Date: 11/29/2024 10:46:00 AM Thank you, Sara :)

Constance La France Date: 11/13/2024 11:24:00 AM Suzette, congrats on your win in my contest, like the image, like the quote, like the poem, well done, love Constance Login to Reply Suzette Richards Date: 11/13/2024 9:24:00 PM Thank you, Constance, for the wonderful contest prompt and interesting poetic design. :)

Kim Rodrigues Date: 11/11/2024 7:02:00 AM We do keep secrets between a spouse and ourselves or a best friend. That is admirable and more so, to carry it to the grave. Love those first two lines. Some people are meant to call out truth, for in that way people can change. We must have discernment and watch for the tricksters, so well said. Congrats, Suzette! Login to Reply Suzette Richards Date: 11/29/2024 10:47:00 AM Yes, that is true. Thank you for reading and your kind comment, Kim :)

Beryl Edmonds Date: 10/12/2024 8:43:00 PM The truth is not always beautiful, the secrets of others are not ours to give away. A wonderful write and so true Suzette… Beryl Login to Reply Suzette Richards Date: 10/12/2024 9:35:00 PM Thank you, Beryl :)

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 10/12/2024 2:18:00 PM being the keeper of secrets is never easy Suzette, your poetry reflects the loyal surmise of your precious heart's keepsake, really enjoyed this poem, :) Login to Reply Suzette Richards Date: 10/12/2024 2:23:00 PM Thank you, Rose. At times secrets are all that binds us to another, until it no longer matters - a labour of love, in a way ...