What Truth Abides
For there abides a grain of truth in lies
a whimper at the core of shouted hate
a distant light that masquerades as hope
a rusted key removed from long locked gate
hushed whisper of a time before the fall
when wisdom would succumb to fevered greed
lies become the currency of power
and truth a stricken soldier left to bleed
Thus fear becomes the tyrant's singing blade
echoing across a shivering land
demanding that its subjects all must kneel
erase the grain of truth of those who stand
If honor be the grain of truth in lies
when will we come to know what truth abides
John G. Lawless
7/18/2020
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