The Lie

The Lie

Has this candle lit vandal come tearing its lament
To augment such weary marches of sorrow
All weeping configured the fingers of fate
To turn molded clay to the empty vessel of a soul

Heartless gold plated grinning reminder
Of shattered silk doors of sin
Thrown wide to deceitful imperious walls
Where scratched each breath of hope and denied the softest touch

Foul echo of triumph born by flightless wings
Its truce delivered on the drunken mutterings of fools
Nailed in their fickle easy clamouring
For tasteless gilded shells and inconsequent meaning

By mediocrity dazzled in consummate tears
So readily bloated fall in their thick passages of treasure
Broken amidst perfumery and powders wasteland of plastic
Triumphant beguiling of salvation

The perceiving vista procured to grand a compromise
Belittled in the preference of trash
Agreeing on indistinct monuments
And shunned the solitary deliverance of truth

Inescapable nondescript insipid vandals
Bemoaning their wretched use
And defiled by fate their heartless whit
To ignorance is made consummate

All proposal of the innocent
Gathered to worshipful psalms
On a blankets bland demand of deceit
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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November 20, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Hello, again, Colin! I concur that all lies possess elements of truth perverted to suit the liar's ends. Wrap your head around this quote: "The bigger the lie the more people will believe it." Take a guess who offered this one, then see how the Fourth Reich here in America has taken that baton and run with it in light of the crimes of 9/11. Again, I can't state clearly enough how potent the message on this poem reads. Bravo, Colin! Warm regards, John.
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November 19, 2008 at 8:46 AM
This work proves strong and committed! I love the chopped ending; it hammers home with immense clarity the cosmic deception of the ages. "Blankets bland demand of deceit" is a phenomenal turn of phrase that sums up the distain perfectly. Excellent write, Mr. Williams! Warm regards, John.
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November 18, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Colin I'm very honest person. Your level of poetry exceed's my understanding. You my friend are in a special class of writer's on this one. I applaud your use of the english laguage. I'm ashamed I fail to grasp this one but I am honest about it and I don't like to just post comment's for the sake of it. I hope you can forgive me for being honest. Michael Torres
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