Veracity Returned

Lying to myself…
  the truth swimming free

Escaping prevarication,
  abandoning my schemes

The water got deep,
  its weight dragged and pulled

Till veracity returned
   —resuscitation fulfilled

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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