Truth
Copyright 1991, 1996 Mary Bertke
I say this in the fading truth
and last light of the day:
I say the words I do not mean
and mean what I don't say.
For earth and stone can alter
in the ocean's rise and swell -
So too the flesh and body
and human mind as well.
While spoken words held up as true
are bartered, bought, and sold
Through eons, past the lives of men,
remains the truth untold.
For awhile there, it seemed like every time I told someone something important (i.e., "I love you"), it became untrue almost immediately.