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Truth Is

David Michael Schmidt

Truth is like a pool of water
you can look into it and see a reflection
like a mirror
toss a pebble into it and ripples form
now there is no reflection
I can say that a book is a small object
easily transported in one hand
if I stood that book upright
and it blocked the way for an ant
the ant would call it a monolith
that has to be climbed up and over
Truth is liquid
Truth is predicated on perception
to claim something is cold
assumes similar sensory function
to claim something is difficult
assumes a similar aptitude
Truth awaits clarification
Truth awaits a dance partner to lead it
Truth can not dance alone
it requires a rhythm, and a beat
Truth bends easily in the wind
yet.....we rely on it’s supreme honesty
when Truth cannot be honest or trusted
Truth is a row boat adrift on a lake
Truth goes whereever the drift takes it
today Truth is dressed in white and it’s pure
tomorrow Truth is cold and shallow
and covered in shadows and suspicion
Truth can lie and Truth can be fact
a Judge called Truth to testify
a Priest called Truth to lie

to disrupt that pool of water with a pebble
and watch the ripples form and change
then eventually calms back
to smooth flat reflection
Truth is our slave
we beckon Truth to do our bidding
we loudly claim Truth is telling fact
yet facts are not always what they seem
now we come back to perception
and perspective
and see a vague shadow that will not allow light to reflect
the true perfect thin edge so desperately required
to tell the Truth

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