you can look,
but you can’t really tell
what’s truly going on inside
the mind
the walls
pristine the exterior
shining the light
what’s underneath
the shield
may never truly be reveled
yet you may ponder
and question
hoping to discover
the truths held within
the protective mind
distracted
by your own secrets
devised
your own agenda
to make sense of what is real
variable on whatever pieces
you may find
the truth remains skeptical
for it is all
of what you make of it
the truth,
is in your lying mind
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ReplyDeletemy truth ?
distracted
by my own secrets
devised
my own agenda
exactly, good point
Kay, big thanks
The place the truth should be... very good poem today.
ReplyDeletemmm...tight write...our truths are al colored by our own minds...we take what we are given and form a picture...sometimes much different from the reality...but how can we do more unless we are told...and then of course it is that persons perception...
ReplyDeleteand how I wish I knew what was that you kept inside and never let me know..
ReplyDeletelovely poem Kay
isn't it amazing how liars always have their won truths?
ReplyDeleteyou know?.. you know!,, which? :)
ReplyDeleteTruth is a GREAT topic in any discussion, especially poetically stated. For poetry sometimes has a way of hiding truth--from me, that is--and I try to do the same, but lots to learn.
ReplyDeleteAbout anything--there IS only one "Truth". Anything more--or less--than truth is false.
Brian sure got "with it". He is SO good!
At the beginning, I knew how this writing would finish...something like what you wrote, in the lie which abides in your mind...
Thank you SO much--it is a GooooD! post.
truths and lies... sometimes even our mind does not know ..what we consider truth may be a lie.
ReplyDeleteand inside dere is our world where we decide and search to our comforts to our convinience the TRUTHS of our xistence
oh another powerful post.....ones perception is their reality......great writing my friend.
ReplyDelete......:-) Hugs
Is it?
ReplyDeleteI guess I do know... yet...I am not that sure.
poignant poem.
;)
to look deep into another's eyes and try to
ReplyDeletediscern their thoughts: joy & pain is a
momumental task, because we must completely
forget ourselves and our own perceptions.
insightful writing, kay.
our protective, well-meaning, lying minds. the truth is there. and we battle ourselves to get near it.
ReplyDeletesharp.
"the truth... your lying mind" that is the absolute truth.
ReplyDeleteLove this piece on truth. Well said Kay :)
ReplyDeletetruth even covered up by many lies.....has d power to reveal itself...n yes its in d lying mind.....
ReplyDeleteBrilliant finish!
ReplyDeleteThe truth is really in the lying mind.
ReplyDeleteAwesome..
M a fan..:)
Cheers
Nuts
Wow. The last line will leave me thinking about it for a while.
ReplyDeleteTrue words. And don't we all have an agenda? And a "lying mind?"
ReplyDeleteNevine
I shall keep some secrets to the grave~
ReplyDeleteoh, this piece just cuts right to the core of it all, doesn't it! love the "lying mind" - beautifully beautifully done, lady!!! love this piece!
ReplyDeleteyeah.....
ReplyDeletethe truth is the same. its the outside forces and sources that change
ooooo. I hate it when my mind lies. But my fingers never let me get away with it.
ReplyDeleteAh lies and truth, they can be painful, give us freedom or be the chains that bind us.
ReplyDeletePowerful words within your poem.
I've felt like this before.
ReplyDeleteYou really have a gift.
this is such a beautiful and deep poem. i read it aloud in my room.
ReplyDeleteTruth and lies
ReplyDeleteBoth painful and full of sin