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The Alchemy of Truth Includes the Lens

The alchemy of truth
may be from a particular perspective

or colored by youth
and sprinkled with objective

For your truth can hold your own view
your lens through which you see the world

And naivety can lead astray 
and reality fall subject to that doom

And you may not have the ability yet
to completely read the room

When you don't have wisdom
You have less fear and conclusions are reached quickly

But life is so much more complex 
and taken in context its sticky

Was that what was really meant
or did it happen by chance

Was it deliberate inference
or laid out by happenstance

Most times most things are not architected
they happen in real time whim

And though the outcome can be devastating
the creation is less of a sin

What leads to what
and how can that happen 
isn't always clear to see the cause and effect

And so truth be known, 
good intentions implode
and things go off track on their own

So don't hang the actors with the act
they alone did not write the script, it's a fact

Life is all improv 
with a heavy dose of chaos

And giving to much credence to the feelings caused
can ruin what may be right there

A living pachinko machine that happened to play out 
that way, this time, here

The alchemy of truth includes the lens - Artimus 9/24/23 (C) Susan Manley

Copyright © Susan Manley

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