(NOTE: I have been contemplating the nature or trust, and truth and openness lately. The result is some bad if heartfelt poetry)
Lies are bright and shiny
Sugar sweet
The truth can reduce you to tears.
harsh, bitter, cold
But you can always work with the truth
No matter how ugly or painful,
the truth can be dealt with.
You grow from learning the truth.
The truth can give you hope.
The truth can make you whole.
The truth can set you free.
Lies are empty.
They are nothing.
You cannot deal with lies.
You can't work with them.
You can't accept them.
Lies eat you up.
They tear you apart.
True Relationships are woven of pain and joy
hope and despair,
dark and light,
fear and courage,
truth and openness,
and the foundation of it all is trust
A relationship built on lies is hollow.
It has no substance.
blinding light hides the rotting core,
Wounded trust
But even wounded trust can be healed
if all the lies are burned away
and there is love
and will
and willingness to endure
the sharp edges of truth
that only time can smooth
and shape
into something beautiful
