Just This Once

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. - Thoreau

up in your attic

down in your basement

behind closed doors

under the covers

beneath the band-aids

behind the dark shades

brush the cobwebs aside

along with your foolish pride

take everything off

show me what makes you you

tell me why you do what you do

stop hiding behind lies and be true

quit running away

stop hugging the night and shunning the day

come out from behind that facade

unshackle the handcuffs of fraud

admit that you're flawed

let me in

give me your PIN

it isn't a sin

i'm tired of being your dunce

please babe

just this once

Author's Note

"Men rush to California and Australia as if the true gold were to be found in that direction but that is to go to the very opposite extreme to where it lies. They go prospecting farther and farther away from the true lead, and are most unfortunate when they think themselves most successful." - Thoreau