cloudless

There's never been much of a LIE
I've chosen not to tell

And it used to come so easy.

It takes the devastation of the simplest
of misinformations and intentionally
misattributed words, craftily placed
for a heavy fall
from
grace.

to make one believe the TRUTH is all
there is.

I used to think it was so WRONG
when people
said things
that weren't
true

but we are a culture of soothsayers
and peoplepleasers

we say yes when we mean unequivocally no

we tell lies because the truth is abrasive or evasive

and maybe the LYING is WRONG
and I've known it forever

but I LIE to me
everyday.

and it makes me feel closer to the TRUTH
like I know we want to feel.

oh how we stray.