John Lawless Poet Free verse

Truth Be Told

Truth be told …we all lie
Color the “facts”
To meet our “needs”
Plant and grow
Only our “seeds”
Of truth.

We shout
“SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER”
What truth to whose power?”
Protest the protesters
In BOLD PRINT signs
Milling about
In a mob
Of “TRUTH SEEKERS”

The truth is true
but as with rainbows
the colors conflict
bleed into one another
arc from one side
to the other
seeking TRUTH’S
pot-o-gold

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Gershon Wolf November 2, 2023 at 7:10 PM The 'Truth' is relative, you know: You can ask my relatives. They all speak nothing but...

Nancy Kaufman November 2, 2023 at 5:13 AM Hi John, You hit on that old adage, "there is no absolute truth". Thanks for sharing your thoughts that ring of truth.