Short Honest To God Poems

why do some seek the honest to god truth ~ is the plain truth different 

By David Kavanagh...

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I cannot settle for less
With passion and drive
ambition and brains
I say, that he is best

We laugh, we play
We fight, we mend
The left, the right
The top, the bottom
I feel, tis meant to be

Honest to God
Tis answers I seek
My mind made up
For sure tis not
So help me God
I need your grace....

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I look for a sign.
If I could see His footprints, 
or some honest to God relics, 
like a lock of His hair
or the ring He wore.
If the LaBrae Tar pit were filled 
with haloes and harps
perhaps, 
I could believe.
If there was a place like Graceland 
where I could
touch His bathrobe and bedroom slippers,
Then,
my faith 
wouldn’t have to be 
so blind....

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You can put your trust in Man
to protect you,
if you want to ...

But my mama didn’t raise 
no fool
Daddy didn’t raise
no dummy too

I hid my precious, sparrow life
in the secret pavilion
of God’s refuge

I placed my bosom trust
completely in the LORD

That’s the honest to God truth — 
Unwise bullets 
can’t harm an armored soul, 
whose infant cries are prayer foolproof...

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I want the truth.
The whole truth, not your spin
doctor, sound bite version of
the truth, but the real deal, 
honest to God
Baptist preacher on Easter
Sunday morning truth.
The kind of truth you only tell
your mama, because she’s psychic,
and it’s a waste of time trying to 
tell her anything else anyway.
Okay, let’s have it.
I’m a big girl and I can take it,
I won’t cry.
I want the truth.
The whole truth.
Did you eat the last
damn slice of pizza?...

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