The Trenchant Sword
So,
Think you have won
Today,
It's just begun
Launch a barrage of viscious lies
To tax the heart and mind
Behold through muddy rivers
Flows crystal waters
Pivot a man's most enduring friend
Into his newfangled enemy
Amid stormy clouds
Seeps rays of sunlight
Devour someone's dreams
And diminish their hopes
Underneath the rest
Lies unmarred gold
How do I percieve these things?
Because I possess the truth
And today it will strike you down
Like a fine trenchant sword
You will hear my every word
The day you always feared
Has finally arrived
Surrounded by darkness at all angles
From within radiates the light of truth
Decimate the body
The soul remains untainted
Lost in a maze of deception
I will allow truth to guide me to an exit
In the midst of a nightmare
I envision a dream
The truth allows me to forsee these things
The one thing
That will never be taken from me
Is the truth
Which is forever unbending
As a mountain is immovable
So I shall carry my sword
As you continue to brace self-deception
Copyright © Mark Lee | Year Posted 2006
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