Speckled Egg Poem by Lizzie Lum

Speckled Egg



Truth. The speckled egg
No separating its substance
You have not the extravagance of telling just a fleck
Nor merely exposing some part of pale ashen shell
That is for the chicken
No. It is the whole egg

And it cracks you open
Shell, speckles and all
Revealing to the world
The very colour of your yolk

© 2014 Lizzie Lumsden All Rights Reserved

Friday, June 6, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: Truth
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem relates more to entirety of subjective truth as an issue of personal integrity rather than offering something about the technicality of truth as a philosophical concept.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Colleen Courtney 09 June 2014

Hmm..I find this to be an interesting poem and am glad I have come across it. This is one of those that I need to ponder upon to figure out if my first impression of it's meaning is correct or not. Thanks for sharing.

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