Ode To Victor Hugo (50) 'the Miserable' sister Simplice truthfullness Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

Sister Simplice truthfullness
She had never told a lie
Her unshakeable truthfullness,
Had made her almost celebrated,
In the community.
Can there be such a thing?
As a white lie?
A little lie?
The lie is the absolute of evil.
There can be no small lie;
Who lies, lies wholly
The Lie is the devil's own face
Satan has two names;
He is Satan,
And he is Untruth.
That is what Sister Simplice believed
The belief she practised;
And it was the source of the purity
which shone from her,
Even from her lips and eyes.
Her smile was pure,
Her gaze was pure;
There was no cobweb
Or any grain of dust
On the unsullied mirror
Of that Conscience!

Freyad Hugo
(Dutch writer, author, translator, columinst, political analyst, poet)
Heerenveen
October,2021