Only One Way Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Only One Way



There is only one way,
To get along with truth.
And that is to accept it,
For what it is.

Too many try to deny it.
Hide it and deceive,
To delay a guaranteeing of felt pain.
That's all.

There is only one way,
To get along with truth.
And that is to face it.
Be done and get to know it.
Don't attempt pretending to be offended.
Truth could care less,
Who refuses and/or excuses...
Its effectiveness.
Truth is not in the masquerade business.
Nor does it dress to impress.
It is direct to bare its nakedness.

Seeking escapes,
Many have found its honesty.
Many find it can not be undermined,
With a hope it goes away.
This is a waste of time.

And anyone thinking they can run from it,
Will discover another mind that is gone.
Trapped and surrounded,
With others in a pretentious wilderness.
Not truth.
Truth stays for what it is to be as is.
Clear, decisive and bias free.
The only prejudice it shows,
Is noticeably towards those who lie.
And being one who lies these days,
Is not advisable.
Since truth shows no pity to disguise,
To interpret as something else.

There is only one way,
To get along with truth.
And that is to accept it,
For what it is.
Or be the one reduced to tears.
To know the meaning of anguish.
And many can be observed,
Knowing anguish too well.
As if that was a kept preference.

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