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Open Poetry #37

What is truth?

WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2006-04-30 08:02 PM

Are “facts” truth?
Are “laws” based on truth?
Can truth be measured?
Can it be counted?

Truth
is stranger than fact.
It lives beyond laws
never to be found
in sweeping promises
or grandiose pronouncements.

Truth
is a light in dark places;
a mantle of experience;
a compendium of understanding;
the radiance of compassion.

Truth
is the lie that saves
the innocent life
yet remains untarnished
in the exchange.

Truth
is never found
among the hypocrites
but can walk as comfortably
with kings as with paupers.

Truth:
how few know
thy beautiful face!

[This message has been edited by WindWalker (05-01-2006 02:14 AM).]

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2006-04-30 08:03 PM

Superb!

Debo
Member

since 2006-04-18

Posts 321
Texas U.S.A.

2 posted 2006-04-30 08:59 PM

Boy you said a mouthful here.
Truth is almost never heard.
Love the write WindWalker.

Debo

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

3 posted 2006-04-30 10:30 PM

Excellent write WindWalker. My dad always said the truth is a rabbit in a briar patch.

StevenS
Senior Member

since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

4 posted 2006-04-30 10:59 PM

WindWalker, you poems never fail to move me! How few have even desired to see her beautiful face! :-)

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