The Truth
Is Out There
Janet Kuypers
1/20/17
We were of the same clan.
We were of the same kin.
We were brothers —
yes, we were compatriots,
underlyingly, inextricably
bound together.
We’re supposed to be
so close, so I should know
what happened inside you.
I need to understand
what changed you so deeply,
how you lost your humanity.
I’ve scoured the world
to try to learn
what happened to you.
We all noticed the change,
that your sense of the world
was always altered
even though we seldom
remember a drink in your hand.
The truth is out there,
is what I hear, but
is that the key to unlocking
how you relate to me.
Is the truth not out there,
but deep inside you instead,
or do you not see the change
that has happened to your soul,
do you not see
the changes under your skin.
Something has infected you,
or maybe you let it in
and it destroyed your business,
your marriage, and any love
you may have ever felt
from your only daughter.
I don’t know if I can
find the answers to unlock
the now inhuman part of you.
They say the truth is out there,
if only I knew where to look,
and only if you’d want to be found.
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