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Three Sides to Every Story poetry contest
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Three Sides to Every Story
Reality and fact, a stark, cold, whiteness.
Dripping slowly through the filter of my mind, staining it with a rainbow of color. My mind is full of blues and greens, a hint of yellow around the edges.
My mouth pours this out into your ears. Gravity feeds it into your colander like mind, adding the bold colors of red and orange.
And on and on we pour out and fill up, fill up and pour out, each adding our brand of rainbow to the blanko of fact.
A triad of stories and experience.
A trinity of interpretations.
A triangle of translations.
Each painting is unique and true to the artist.
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I've heard it said secrets can't be kept.
Unless, of course, only one is left…
...of the number who know it or have been told,
for secrets are impossible for some to hold.
If there are two sides to a sordid tale,
you can be certain there are three as well.
And more if I'm to tell the truth...
...for we are all human, yes, even you!
And we mustn't forget the silent one,
Who witnesses all we've said and done.
So recalling, no secret is safe.
All comes to light on judgment day.
The wickedness and evil here on earth
will burn to ash, just what it's worth.
Those who repent, striving to do what's right,
needn't fear as judgment draws nigh!
No matter whose side of the story is told,
God loves us, our true heart He knows.
No lie will stand, no others believed...
For there are three sides to every story
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