Inspirations spilling forth
from the chasm of my speech
Beautiful sounds
Gorgeous syllables
Pleasant letters
jumbled together
a chaos made sound.
Your ears eagerly devour
the music displayed to them
and that music is passed
deep, down into the heart.
Such sweet truth the naivee heart believes!
Such a beautiful lie my heart contemplates!
The stabbing hurt of truth
creeps at the back of my tongue,
ready to destroy.
Better is it,
to build up on the false,
than bring down in the fact?
Author notes
Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
A contest entry
- Lying and Truth by BellaD.
450 points, ended June 30, 2008, 10 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - round one (for everyone) prewrite contest ENTER ENTER ENTER (AND YES THAT MEAN'S YOU too by serenity silvermoon.
927 points, ended February 16, 1509 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Lying seems to have won the beauty contest with truth the runner up! truth creeps at the back of my tongue, ready to destroy. Great line. Thank you for entering my contest.
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