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Truth

Truth is not for everyone -- 
some prefer lies...some prefer
dyes, and not natural soul color.  
Some prefer love~ and some just mouth
the word...never to be heard nor
felt deeply nearer the heart.  It's like that with 
most things, the prose and cons of openly
living as opposed to falsely revealing:

Some contrive a story-line, while other
authors bare their internal organs, whether 
well or wildly diseased! No composition
ever entirely cured beyond remission,
the literary beast, fed, caged,
though only temporarily appeased.

Copyright © Joe Dimino | Year Posted 2025

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Rowena Velasco Date: 7/28/2025 3:58:00 PM Really thoughtful piece—loved the contrast between truth and performance. That last line hits deep! Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/17/2025 10:26:00 AM You are a deep thinker! I love that! If I do write a character, I try to get into the mind. Blessings! Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 6/18/2025 4:23:00 AM Hi Kim; I agree. One should mentally/emotionally live, at least during the write, the intricacies of one's poem or tale. Have a great writing day!!

Victor Buhagiar Date: 6/16/2025 9:09:00 AM That's life. Unfortunately the greater numbers are the liars. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 6/17/2025 3:54:00 AM I really think that, most people are relatively good. The real bad ones just get the attention, and seem the dominant species. We give them too much credit. Too much power.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/15/2025 9:43:00 AM Great topic well expressed, Joe. Thoughtful poem. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 6/15/2025 5:58:00 PM Hi Andrea; Truth is everything...more important than image. Without truth, the soul, the spirit has nothing exterior to relate to. We are then empty shells. Void of meaningful substance and worthwhile reason.

Joe Maverick Date: 6/15/2025 12:36:00 AM Well explored Joe Dimino..It looks like we each Have 15% percent pieces of the jigsaw puzzle At least.' I think anything else would be an ovrrstatement.? Anyway we await our placements to come.' Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 6/15/2025 12:50:00 AM Hi Joe; hope all is well in Joe Land. We keep trying, all we can do. Victory perhaps, in the Afterlife from trying. A 100 percent nowhere on this earth.

Gershon Wolf Date: 6/14/2025 9:06:00 PM Is there any Truth left here on planet earth? Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 6/15/2025 12:07:00 AM A 64,000 dollar question!? I ask everyday...every poem I write. Don't know that truth was ever here more than brief times, holy journeys. The commercial world measures truth by what a man accomplishes of factual notoriety...while I look more at all I avoided becoming. A proud nobody. A good excuse?:) Thank you my friend.

Valsa George Date: 6/14/2025 9:00:00 PM "some just mouth the word...never to be heard nor felt deeply nearer the heart". So rightly expressed. Some people never pay enough attention to what is said. Words simply flow over them as water over an upturned pot. A meaningful poem, dear Joe. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 6/15/2025 12:12:00 AM "Words simply flow over them as water over an upturned pot." -- Another Valsa treasure! Thank you my friend. Beautiful, great comment!

Tom Woody Date: 6/14/2025 10:27:00 AM I believe what Jesus believed about the source of truth - John 17:17 Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 6/14/2025 2:37:00 PM Yep. Truth is not a belief, it is a state of being. Sort of like, anyone can write a poem...but to be a poet is notch up. No Truth in AI.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/14/2025 7:36:00 AM Very well said! Some prefer love~ and some just mouth the word…and the miss the point; and the depth…they think they enjoy the source of their lust, but they miss everything! God bless you, Joe! Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 6/14/2025 7:55:00 AM Hi Kim; just left a comment on your most recent work. Brilliantly done has usual. Have a wonderful writing weekend!