Verity

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. - Thoreau

it doesn't have to squint, it can always see

it's definitive, not maybe

it isn't a new mandate, it's an old decree

we each own a piece of it in that it can be whatever we believe it to be

it isn't all that it's cracked up to be

it can't lie, hide or flee

it's always on a spending spree

it holds the golden key

it never needs straightening but can be bent like a trick knee

you can steep in it like a fine tea

it can liberate and set you free

it's everywhere, following me

after all

it's verity

Author's Note

"Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe." - Thoreau

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

As the man said, it will set you free. This work includes that, plus a lot of other things about truth. It's definitive, no maybes about it. It is what it is. Liked especially the qualifier that it can be bent. Very appropriate for this political season. But as the poem also states, it's everywhere. You just have to be open to it to recognize it.

[Pete]

there is so much meaning it, is up to us to decide what ours is and how we will live it. oh, the crooked politicos don't just bend it, they twist it into oblivion ... :)

[barleygirl]

Past few years have shown us how verity can be distorted beyond recognition & how it feels to watch people swear by their version of it, even if it means destroying the fabric of our association. "Being right" has become the new holy righteousness. Compromise & understanding are banned. Remember when we all defined the world with more-or-less similar verity? Such that it was something fairly well-established among all, even when disagreeing? Now all bets are off & I feel the sarcasm in your message -- the very veracity of verity has been hopelessly violated (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

yes, i long for simpler times when right and wrong were indisputable. now the line has become fuzzy and blurred. people have a tendency to distort things to suit themselves (selfish). just watch tv and see that america has become about, "if it feels good, do it" no matter. we can't even agree to disagree anymore. people want to obliterate any opposition to what they desire. compromise takes effort and vision which aren;t overly abundant in an increasingly selfish society ... :)

[barleygirl]

I quit TV 18 months ago becuz I did not want to see the run-up to the election. I didn't ever subscribe to any TV before I became disabled & had more free time on my hands. I think watching TV for a few years there made me MORE disabled. Since quitting that constant flow of fomenting & violence, my whole life has come alive in all kinds of ways. I'll never go back to TV. It's a living death sentence . . .

[Pete]

yes, it's like brain death. i mostly watch old sitcoms and movies. i laugh at the news, make comments to myself about the stupidity i'm hearing and seeing and use the commercials as a time to go to the bathroom, the fridge or look out the window ... :)