There's no reward in the unadorned truth. It stuns the nerves, levels pillars, and suffers manipulations. Truth, poor truth. -the unfortunate recompense of the aesthete. -a bane to cozy pleasantries. Point your light plain truth, toward the fog of human folly. Be the agent of our salvation.
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That opening line is divine, the piece so insightful and I love how truth stands out as the hero and the victim. Lovely post! 😊
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Thank you. That means a lot for someone with such a precise touch.
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No reward it in, as such, perhaps. Yet one can learn how to deliver it without harming another. Even through the pen, if that gives one pause before delivery. I’m one who is familar with truth and prefer it from others. Once revealed (if the other even knows what is true for them), it’s far easier to get to the heart of the matter. Which, at least to me, is reward, in itself. Aloha.
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Well said. Thank you for a thoughtful reading AND response 🙂
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🙂
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The one thing people cannot handle in great abundance is the truth…especially about themselves.
Tim
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Unfortunately, you’re correct. Thank you for commenting.
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“a bane to cozy pleasantries”–so, so true. Poor truth–so difficult, but so, so important in our lives!
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A necessity Carol, but only to the ones who deem it so. *see general state of affairs*
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Thanks for visiting my blog and following.
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My pleasure. I will peruse it more soon 🙂
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Well written and an understandable message. Thank you for the follow and good to meet you.
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Same to you friend. Thank you for the kind words
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Thank you for visiting my blog and the follow. It’s great to meet you and I look forward to reading more of your posts! 🙂
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Enjoyed your poem. Truth is always a relevant topic!
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Thank you friend. Appreciate the kind words. And, indeed, it is.
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Last stanza stands more truly now than ever, I think
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Working to reverse the trend of irrationality is worthy though, no?
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Worthy but daunting.
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Dauntless my friend, dauntless.
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Thanks for following my blog.
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My pleasure. I look forward to reading more!
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Thanks for following WordSisters!
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My pleasure Ellen. Always looking for new information and inspiration 🙂
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True … leads by example!
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‘the unadorned truth’. .. like light itself ! Liked the way you have delivered the message.
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Thank you friend. I appreciate those kind words.
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So timely, so true. It rips off the placative veneer our lamestream society likes to wrap ugly things in. This is what poetry was meant to do. Fantastic piece.
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Thank you, friend. I appreciate the kind comments and I appreciate you reading!
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