Couth Truth

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Couth Truth

20 August 2016

The truth walks plainly

In the broad daylight

And strolls around mundanely

Thru the dark of night.

The unadorned truth can be seen

By those who look without guile.

To the liar she’s most obscene.

She gives the braggart no smile.

Truth’s friendly to the plain-spoken

And frequently speaks unobtrusively.

Simple, humble folk find her token

Easily gotten when they act inclusively. 

Truth’ll endure some limited abuse,

But push her boundaries too far

And you’ll regret that you unloose

Anger and scorn from her repertoire.

Yes, exceed truth’s reasonable bounds

And you’ll experience her full fury,

So you’ll keenly wish karmic rebounds

Hadn’t been invented to your misery.

Lies and Stories, Defeats and Glories

Lies and Stories, Defeats and Glories
17 July 2012

We've known each other for ages
Since we were five, maybe four,
Long before we had jobs with wages
When we were innocent to the core.
After graduation we took on
Life that could be outrageous,
Unwilling to just look on
Before life could age us.

We've known each other for so long
It's kind of useless to put on airs.
We've come back to where we belong
To share life's cares and scares.
We'll just talk about the facts.
Nobody would be rude and uncouth
Enough to brag about their acts
Or lie to stretch the truth.