Kingdom of lies
Nurtured in the womb of blazing doubt and anxiety Nourished by recurring fear Delivered with a resolute will The lustrous lie is born Surpassing all growth charts The newborn enters adulthood Traversing decades in months Deception and disloyalty It’s perpetual paramours It works underground Surreptitiously substituting The truth with its kith and kin Making every […]
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Dreams Built On Lies
#PoAttic4 #Lies A streak of grey across a blue sky Does not make it grey. Or so I say. Huddled amidst a million dreams Lies a heart that yearns And fails again and again. Can a little twist Distort what is? A word added here And another subtracted, Would barely make a difference. Or so […]
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Coated Lies
In alliance with my mind, I promised not to lie, But my impish and kind heart, Interferes every time the poor gets the shriek, On my way home I see forbid malls, And my muse about the life, And say, best times are ahead, A little lie, topped with a sigh, Far I go, an […]
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